12 catches, 149, 2 touchdowns. >> cris: don't be surprised if lolo number 80 is involved down here. he is 6'8". he is at the top in the slot up there. he is a weapon down here in the red zone. >> al: caught a touchdown pass last week against the dolphins. and -- to the back of the end zone to that man. they went to the 6'8". >> cris: if anything, maybe a little too low. can't tell if he just mishandle ted it broken up. >> cris: at 6'8", you want to throw this higher than this. hit him right in the hands. can't do much better than that. you have to make that play. >> al: have mo to. now in a ten-point game, you need the field goal one way or

another. they'll take it now. they'll try to make it a seven-point game going for the 25 yard chip shot. and that puts them within seven with 2:55 seconds remaining. 30-23. >> cris: same decision coming now on the on side kick, but you effectively have four time-outs to work with here. >> al: right. >> cris: but it does mean you have to make a stop and you also have to turn around and look at what you have on the defensive side with some of these guys out of the game. akeem dent, paul warlo, those are the guys you're used to making plays on the defensive side. do you think that you can stop -- i'm going to guess legarrette blount, 250 pounds will be in the game. can you stop him from picking up a first down or two? >> al: very much the same issue that they have. they on sided it one time. they got way with it because sudfeld couldn't handle it and

it was recovered by nicholas. do they do it again? >> cris: the play i always like to think about here is the little pooch over the top. even if you -- then the ball is bouncing and scrambling, back in this kind of area here. there's opportunities for a crazy hop or two back there. but even if you don't, you don't get it, at least they're backed up some. sort of the halfway house. >> al: they go again. little bouncer. and this time it is new england with michael hoomanawanui coming up with it. wanted to pronounce his name. >> cris: you're worst nightmare that he recovered that ball. hoomanawanui here comes up with a big play. the play that zach sudfeld could not and that is clutch. there's so many guys -- he got a nice convenient hop on that one that helped his cause. >> al: gathered it in.

now the ball is at the 46. atlanta is compelled to use its time-outs on defense to -- the running back is ridley. they'll give it to him. and ridley finds a nice little hole to the 38 yard line. now here in atlanta it will be second down and short. where do you take your time-out? >> cris: makes it tough, doesn't it? >> al: absolutely. >> cris: you almost have to assume the first down there now. jonathan babineaux almost broke that play up in the back field. came very close to possibly causing a fumble there. >> al: it's a big difference between second and eight and then you take the time-out. second and two. you're in no-man's land. blount is the one in back. >> cris: four-down territory here, too. >> al: brady is going to sneak and come close. the clock keeps running and that will take us -- unless they take

a time-out here to the two-minute warning, which it does. brady very close to picking up the first down. >> cris: he is a little bit short. >> al: two minutes to go. new england, trying to hold on in atlanta on sunday night football.

>> al: the final season of candlestick park. the 49ers against the houston texans on sunday night football. 7:00 eastern time. michele at the start, bob, tony and mike with league news. and we'll look ahead to next week's matchup in the bay area. meanwhile, two minutes, it's third down and inches from the

36 yard line. >> cris: i think they go for it twice here. there's no -- there are no way in the world they're going to try that long field goal to give up that field position if they miss it. i don't think they're going to punt it from the 37 yard line. my guess is you're going to get tom brady twice with a quarterback sneak. >> al: he is so proficient at it. so efficient at it. they line up tight except for edelman to the right side. and brady. they'll hand the ball off. and with that second first it's blount. he was stopped initially behind the line of scrimmage and then blount with that second effort -- see where they put the ball down. and it's right where the yellow line is. now obviously walt coleman has

to bring the chain gang in. still talking to the guys upstairs. the assistant coaches. where are we here? blount stopped there. and then that thrust forward he had william moore stopping him behind the line of scrimmage. look at this. look at this. >> cris: you know what's interesting act that is when you watched it in realtime the ball landed essentially either on or across that yellow line. now, there's nothing official about that. but sometimes you can take a look. >> al: well, the thing with belichick now is there's no challenges in the last few minutes, so it would have to be stopped from upstairs. >> cris: i think that ball landed on that yellow line. >> al: coleman is now saying an atlanta time-out. otherwise they would wind the clock after a running play. they want coleman to look at this. remember, it has to come from upstairs.

they have to stay sai this is worth another look. >> cris: you wonder if that time-out is going to give them the opportunity. >> referee: the previous play will be reviewed. >> al: they're reviewing it upstairs. coleman is now going to come over and look at this. this is the only way you can stop it here with no coach's challenges in the last few minutes. >> cris: again, there's nothing official about that yellow line that we saw, but let's see where this ball -- it looks like it is across that next yard marker and that would be a first down right there. now, he does shuffle it forward. >> al: 36 yard line. he's either right on it or just behind it. >> cris: obviously now he's down when the forearm hits there and he does shove it ahead, but, again, the ball at that point was on the yellow line as we see it. there's nothing official about that yellow line. it's going to come down to can the official find a marking on

the field that can help him mark this football. let's see. is there anything around there that can help him other than that yellow line. i think he has the first down. it's going to be a matter if the official can find something to help him spot that ball and move it. >> al: yep. no matter what happens here, atlanta took the time-out. they cannot get it back even though it stopped for this. the time-out is gone, period. they're down to two. >> cris: and then if it is not a first down, now belichick has to make the decision do you take a chance on the field position. i can't imagine him punting the ball and i can't imagine a field goal here. i think he goes for it.

>> al: i can't manage a field goal because that would give atlanta the ball back. >> referee: the ruling on the field stands. fourth down. >> al: he can't see enough -- >> cris: you can't confirm. the word stands did not confirm. so here we go. he is going to go for it or at least go to the line of scrimmage and at least bark out a few signals. >> al: so fourth down and a couple of links. >> cris: be careful now. tom brady sometimes can go quick count on a play like this and before the guys even know what happened, he sort of has the first down. >> al: or hard count. you talk about his proficiency going for a first down on third or fourth and one. when either he goes right to the middle or finds that hole. bob and jonathan kraft, watching their team try to stay undefeated. fourth and ijs. brady drops the ball.

and atlanta is going to get it at the 38 yard line. so brady juggling the snap, coming away from it, wendell and atlanta gets a huge break with 1:50 and two time-outs. >> cris: it happened to them earlier this year. a fumble in a key situation. he was not going to sneak it for the second-straight time and he simply pulls out a little too soon. a lot f times centers when they know they have to get down so low the angle of the snap gets changed and you could see ryan wendell ducking his head quickly and you just wonder if it didn't change the point at which tom brady typically gets the ball. and here we go. how about this? it looked like the falcons were completely dead and this guy is as good as it gets when it comes to fourth quarter comebacks. >> al: you saw the graphic, that's when he came into the league, '08. 22 fourth quarter comebacks.

most of anybody. first and ten. ryan is dropping. ton of time going for jones down the shrine and julio jones at the 14 yard line is able to make the catch covered by mccourty. what a play. >> cris: get out of here. mccourty out and up the field. he sees it all the way. julio jones just too big, too strong. that's a remarkable catch. i mean, this is just one athlete out duelling another athlete and putting it in the scripts. look at this. >> al: safety help over the top from mccourty who was also a cornerback when he came in the league. couldn't do anything with it. jones is over 100 yards. 60 seconds. from the 13. ryan too high over the outside

for douglas. second and 10. >> cris: tony gonzalez has been such a threat in this game. they are now double teaming him off the line of scrimmage. both of these guys are going to bang him before he gets off there. they are not going to give him a free release, but you have to imagine -- here is julio jones' play. this is fantastic. we have seen some catches the last couple of weeks on sunday night football. i can't imagine this sequence without tony gonzalez getting a chance, some way, somehow he's been too good. >> al: to the right side. ryan gunning it over the middle and incomplete for gonzalez who looks for the flag and sees none. gregory covering. third and ten. >> cris: it's a bad play. it's a bad throw by matt ryan. you have a guy, give him a chance to put it on his body. he's working against logan ryan inside and by putting it that

far in front of him, this guy has the ability. he had position on gregory. there's no way he was going to go through him and he overthrew the ball. it's just a bad throw. >> al: ryan over 400 yards tonight. third and ten. two shots at it. obviously go for it on fourth down. third down from the 13 yard line. >> cris: gonzalez again. >> al: three-man rush. underneath. caught at the 11 yard line. rodgers and he is stopped just inside the ten. so it will come down to converting on fourth down. they take a time-out here. they have one left and it comes down to a fourth and seven. >> cris: every game with the falcons seem like it comes down to this? the playoffs last year. the saints earlier this year. >> al: meanwhile, dennard is

down for the patriots and there he is. that's a very key loss especially before the biggest play of the game. >> cris: gonzalez was mauled on that play. there was no way they were going to let him -- it's like a gunner on a punt team right now. look at that. i've only seen that done on calvin johnson on the goal line. that's the only two in the history of the nfl the only two times i've ever seen it. they're going to double team him again. they are not letting tony gonzalez on the ball. top of the screen. >> al: jones wide left bottom of the screen. fourth and seven and the pass for white is batted away! aqib talib. what a night for him. so talib who starts on jones and does a great job on him and then they switch the defense and there's a smile on the face of belichick as they escape a

bullet here. >> cris: single coverage inside. aqib talib, one of the heros here tonight. no question about it. roddy white simply unable to break free. his ankle is not allowing him to play up to speed. and aqib talib is the difference maker. here is the coverage. brilliant defense. let's give matt patricia credit. he had to make that adjustment on the fly. i don't know how they made the call in to do that but they can do anything with this bunch. bril yantd. >> al: they make the call. atlanta can take its final time-out and tom can run the clock out. not only they lose dennard on the play before that. lose a starting corner. put talib all over the field. double gonzalez. single jones. and you win the ball game. >> cris: aqib talib is a huge part of the reason this game is going to be 4-0. absolutely a huge part. there is no way this team can get away with some of the defenses they've been getting away with without that guy right

there being able to take away the other team's best receiver in the clutch, delivers again. >> al: that was the check mate smile from belichick. >> cris: one from talib as well. >> al: game over. patriots in their first real big test of the season come in. >> cris: we just cannot say enough about what bill belichick does to take away your best player. it started off being julio jones as the game progressed. it became tony gonzalez. they made the switch and won the game because of their defensive strategy. >> al: offense with a whole bunch of guys with a hello my name is tag on the shirt winning it brady and the pats go home undefeated. go to cincinnati next week. again, the final play was right there. coming up next the wendy's post-game report from atlanta.