luck and that is juggled and caught for a touchdown by hakeem nicks and they made it a one-possession game. >> cris: hakeem nicks looked like tony carter had this thing knocked out of his hands and just pops up and floats right back down, softly like a balloon. i mean, you can't cover it better than that. tony carter just didn't make a play on the ball. >> al: so mcafee's on side kick leads to the recovery, leads for the touchdown. vinatieri for the point after and with 3:26 remaining in the fourth, can luck do it again? he was down 24-0 at one point, has squandered a goal to goal opportunity giving up the ball, they settled for three points on another goal to goal opportunity and still here they are down

only by seven. >> cris: the bigger question is can pat mcafee do it again. this is an on side kick they recovered. this is not a must on side kick situation. remember, offensively, for peyton manning, yes, he is still peyton manning but you're backed up and certainly don't want to turn the ball over and make it a short field. so there's a lot of pressure on the offense in this situation. you're going to kick it out of the back of the end zone, give it to them on the 20 yard line. big decision here by chuck pagano. >> al: i don't think i would here because if you don't recover it, he's got the short field. you're in denver. a field goal makes it a two-possession game. >> cris: there are alternatives. there are spaces on this field where you could do a little pooch kick in behind it, see if the returner can pick it up or not. right here on the edges, there's a lot of space. there's no human being out there. lot of fast guys running down, take a shot at it.

>> al: and they're going to kick it deep. >> cris: if he lands that one in the field of play, they have a problem. they might have had to play that one inside the five or the ten. >> al: so manning will take over at the 20. 3:26 remaining. indianapolis has two time-outs. they could make it one time out. nope, two. sorry. broncos 41-straight games after leading by 8 or more in the fourth. so at the 20 yard line now -- >> cris: i think you have to play offense here. you have the mvp as your quarterback. they're in a pure run formation. little play action would not surprise me at all right here on first down. >> al: let's get it straight, indianapolis as i said originally one time-out remaining plus the two-minute warning.

this is montee ball stopped at the line of scrimmage by arthur jones and the colts will take that time-out. so they're out of time-outs now. the lock will only stop at the two-minute warning and peyton will look for a couple of first downs and that would do it. >> cris: i tell you, this arthur jones has had a big game coming other from the the ravens. matching up with redding, another guy that spent time there. watch him outmuscle if offensive line. so now you're looking at second and ten and probably going to get the nickel formations. there's a lot of backup guys. josh mcnairry now in there at linebacker, number 57. who else do we have in there. jerrell freeman went off the field limping a bit ago. he is probably their best cove

linebacker. >> al: and manning off play action and that is not caught, incomplete. perfect scenario if you're indianapolis. stops the clock, 3:15. sanered the intended receiver. third and ten. >> cris: you don't want to turn the thing over. this is a throw he hits almost every time a little bit on the run. wanted to be a little safe with it and i think it cost him a completion. >> al: colts' defense limiting the denver offense to 60 passing yards in this half. play clock at one as manning takes the snap. manning overthrows andre caldwell. it's the perfect scenario for the colts. use their last time-out and then indy is able to save a bunch of

time on the two incompletions. fourth down. >> cris: come with the blitz inside. they pick it up beautifully. this should have been a first down. peyton manning had his guy. he was open. just don't hit it. had two opportunities. >> al: colquitt. puts it into the mile high air. whalen. trying to get to the near side and can't. tackled at the 36 yard line by jacob tamme. 2:58. here comes luck down by one touchdown. here it is in the second half alone, 227 passing yards for luck and 70 for manning. >> cris: complete flip-flop first half to second half. well, we've been telling you, this is where andrew luck specializes.

pep hamilton, their offensive coordinator was saying earlier this week. as long as number 12 is playing quarterback, we are always in football games. he is the master of this situation. >> al: pass is caught. hakeem nicks stopped short by tony carter. >> cris: they've been working on tony carter. that's a matchup. that's an extra guy. last year it was t.y. hilton or bust. now they have hakeem nicks, they have weapons. >> al: flip it out to the near side and the that's fleener for a first down taking the ball into denver territory spotting it at the 43. >> cris: referee signals he did not get out so that clock is

still moving. oh and brad shaw drops it. started to look up field, drops it, second down with 2:09 left in the fourth. back to the last plays. look at fleener here. did he get out of bounds? well, well -- looks to me as if he did. >> cris: although, really, with all in as this drive any way, you would like to milk the clock as much as you could and not give peyton a shot going the other way. >> al: no question. of little relevance. second down and ten. from the 43. and luck going deep and off the fingertips of reggie wayne. who in his return after missing the last half of last season having surgery has had nine balls for 98 yards. >> cris: couldn't tell if that

ball was tipped or not but that is some throw by luck up over roby's hands. maybe it was. i think roby got his fingertips on it. >> al: so it's third down and ten and what should be the final play before the two-minute warning. they go five wide here. >> cris: oh, boy. >> al: and the play clock has run out. >> cris: no. >> referee: false start, offense number 78, 5-yard penalty, remains third down. >> cris: von miller jumped but he did not cross the line of scrimmage according to the line judge. you see von miller right here move. chair rhlus reacted. you have to give him that nuch

roll zone. >> cris: and then he realized it. >> al: so it's third and 15. and luck to the 39 goes t.y. hilton. so he's about six yards short of the first down. we go to the two-minute warning with 1:57 remains in the fourth. it will be fourth down and six when we come back to denver.

after the game, get the latest news in sports with the sunday sports report on nbc sn.

>> al: and coming up after the game, it's the volkswagen post report with michele with interviews on the field. we'll look at the matchup next week. but right now it is the ball game. can indianapolis keep it going? >> cris: chris harris, the starting corner back out of the game. tony carter at the top of your screen has been who they have been targeting. hakeem nicks, a big, physical receiver. >> al: fourth and six. can they keep it going? luck throws, no. batted down. incomplete. bradley roby, baptism by fire, knocks it away from reggie wayne. they bring a rookie in, the number one pick out of ohio state and he's had a big night.

>> cris: sure has. bradley roby, a couple of big plays on reggie wayne and now the game winner. little play, little tug on the arm but you could see andrew luck is going to his guy but the young buc there to make the play. >> al: well, it didn't come easy for the denver broncos. but they will escape with a victory on opening night. after almost squandering a 24-point lead, andrew luck has thrown for 370 yards, roby getting a hug on the sideline and a well-deserved one. >> cris: jack del rio telling me that bradley roby was mislabeled a little bit. there was controversial whether you wanted to take him or not. they think the world of him since they've gotten him.

really a good cover guy and he has proven worthy of that first pick here tonight. >> al: you think wayne has been in the league since '01. roby has grown up watching wayne dozens of times. now you meet him face to face and it's a night to remember for that guy. >> cris: welcome to the nfl. that is a good feeling when you're a rookie and you end up making a play on a future hall of famer like that to win it. >> al: and peyton needs one more kneel down and the denver broncos will knock off the indianapolis colts. peyton manning has now beaten every team in the league. now that he's taken care of his told team, the indianapolis colts, there it is. only brett favre and manning have beaten everybody. of course brady has never played against new england. brees has never beaten baltimore and terry collins has beaten 31

of the 32 teams. >> cris: pretty impressive, though, by the indianapolis colts. this looked like it was over at halftime. they came out and fought hard and had a chance to win i want at the end. >> al: so the colts turn it into a ball game but the broncos go to 1-0. go to philly next monday night. denver gets kansas city here as we wrap up the first sunday of the 2014 nfl season. so coming up next, it will be the volkswagon post-game report. john fox heading back to the locker room. peyton manning 269, roby makes the play on fourth down to preserve it.

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the colts come back in a big way and denver wins it, 31-24. our game balls will go to naturally enough, peyton manning, 22 of 36 for 269 yards, although only 60 of them in the second half. three touchdowns, all of them to julius thomas and safety rahim moore had three tackles and more importantly a pair of interceptions. rahim moore and peyton manning get the game balls and the honor of speaking with michele tafoya. >> the colts made this a close one as the colts were there trying to tie this up. what was going through your mind? >> well, obviously we would have liked to kept the ball at the end and kept it out of their offenses hands. our defense stepped up. rahim had a couple of great interceptions and like i said, the defense had to make stops they did it. it was a good team win. >> you know, you can learn a lot about an offense in the opening week of the season. what do you think you learned about yours?

>> i thought we got off to a good start. i think what happens a lot is opening night, you come out sluggish. that is not what we did. we came out really fast. our problem in the second half, we had a bad first series in the second half and kind of stayed with us throughout the second half. so we have to find a way to correct that and play four quarters. >> you have so many weapons. three touchdown passes to thomas tonight. why is that connection working so well? >> julius has improved from last year. he and i spent a lot of time working this off season and he really wanted to step his game up. he certainly did that tonight. >> one more bullet point on your resume, you join brett favre as the only two quarterbacks to defeat every team in the nfl. what does that mean to you? >> means i'm old. don't tell me stuff like that. you have to be at least 38 years old to do something like that. so, any time you join a classification with brett in the

football, certainly an honor. >> you looked young tonight, peyton. congratulations. >> thanks, michele. >> let's turn to rahim moore, the two pickoffs that he mentioned. how would you describe your game tonight? >> first and foremost, i want to thank god for this opportunity. you know, it's been a long time coming. but our defensive coordinator called great calls. our d-line was outstanding. mainly, it was all communication. we were taug talking out there like it was practice. for me personally i want to work on this catching the football. i've been in opportunities where i can get my hands on it, i didn't come through. today god is good and i came through. >> you almost let the colts back in all the way yet that final drive, what was the mindset of the d? >> somebody has to make a play. i told everybody i said, look, we're not going to lose this game. we feel like they should have scored nothing. but you know, we went out there, we were relentless and bradley roby made a great play and you know what, we played great

football. it was kind of ugly for a little bit but at the end of the day, when you win, that's a great thing in the nfl. >> congratulations, rahim. >> thank you so much, god bless you. >> michele, thanks. final footnote, andrew luck who has already established a reputation as a comeback kid almost did. his final numbers, 53 airs, 370 yards, 270 yards. let's bring in tony dungy what does denver take away from this game? >> well, bob, i think they're disappointed about allowing that comeback. they made some changes in the off season to be a little bit more of a complete team. being able to run the football brought demarcus ware in, hoping to get more pass rush in the second half that should have taken over. you didn't see much of that pass rush in the second half when they should have been able to tee off. i think they learned that they're still a team that will

live and die with peyton manning throwing the football. >> tony, thanks. we turn now to mike florio. what are the big stories you're working on for tomorrow's show? >> well, bob, we'll keep a close eye on the status of texans linebacker, clowney. he injured his knee. tore a meniscus, needs surgery and may not play for more than a month. three other first round picks may not play for more than a month but not because they're injured. quarterbacks blake bortles of jaguars, johnny manziel with the browns and bridgewater with the vikings. they all began their debut on the bench. all because of the starters in front of them. >> mike, as alms, we thank you. the final once again the broncos 31 and the colts 24. al is back to wrap things up from denver right after this.

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vernon davis had two touchdown passes early, they led dallas, 28-3 at the half. a lot of injuries. and a lot of suspensions in san francisco but didn't bother them against the cowboys today. they get off to a good start in texas. meanwhile, chicago scored on its first possession today, looking good. martellus bennett took it into the end zone but then they fell behind at ten. fred jackson run to set up the game-winning field goal and buffalo stuns chicago today at soldier field. next week it will be chicago at san francisco on "sunday night football." we'll see you then. again, the final score here tonight after denver takes a 24-0 lead, they hold on to win it by a score of, 31-24. so until next week from the bay area, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya, our whole crew saying good night collinsworth, michele tafoya, our whole crew saying good night from denver. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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in virginia. and police just announced an arrest in carolyn cross's murder. we are live. what's the latest out there? >> reporter: well, chris, we're live right outside the apartment building where it happened here in alexandria. this is where she lived, and this is where she was found dead this morning, we're told by her own daughter. we've been talking to a lot of people this evening, people who lived in the building, friends. and just a few minutes ago i was able to talk to a co-worker, and they all want to know why. a high-ranking official with the d.c. department of corrections was found murdered inside her apartment on the fifth floor. here on kenmore avenue in alexandria, sunday morning. the victim, carolyn cross was 64 years old. >> it's really scary, actually. it as just, it's crazy that would happen in the building we

live in. >> reporter: it's unclear if the 29 year old knew the victim or why he may have killed her. >> very concerned. i actually have a 4 year old, and i've been living here for six years. so it was definitely very concerning. >> reporter: police were investigating inside the building all day and into the night. residents tell us there are security cameras. they're confident anybody who comes into the building would have shown up on surveillance video. >> i never thought something like that would happen specific in this building. >> reporter: cross was deputy director of operations with d.c. corrections and had been with the department for more than three decades. she was preparing to leave for training on monday. she was also a board member with voices for a second chance. it's a group that helps offenders bridge the gap between incarceration and the community. authorities are investigating to see if her job had anything to do with her murder.

news 4's tom sherwood spoke with the department of corrections. and he was told this is a punch in the gut. she's been a critical person in my agency and a dear friend. she was a rock, both personally and professionally to me and the department. she was a great lady. this is a huge loss. now alexandria police are still investigating this crime. we don't know at this point whether the victim was targeted or whether this was a random killing. reporting live from alexandria, darcy spencer, news 4. now to aopin devel story in maryland. news 4 was first to report murder charms against this young mother for killing her children. she admitted that she suffocated her daughter and son. the toddlers were found unconscious this morning in a home. they were pro noubsed dead at

children's hospital. the children's grand parents lived in that home for decades, and the crime came as a complete shock to this community. >> when you're dealing with something like this, events like this are very, very rare and not common. so with that being said, we would just ask thaw keep the victim's family as well as all the first responders in your thoughts. >> she has been charged with two counts of first degree murder and held without bond. the d.c. department is down seven ladder trucks after they failed inspection and had to be pulled off the street. more than 40% of all the trucks showed corrosion at the base of the ladder support. these trucks can reach well over 100 feet over the air which is vital for attacking fires in high-rise buildings. for instance georges county and others have agreed to help d.c.

the start didn't go the way redskins hoped it would. problems on special teams. jason pugh's here with a look at what went wrong. >> the reason why they didn't leave houston with the win is very simple. think didn't make enough game-changing plays, plus turnovers at critical moments of the game cost this team big time. we'll pick this one up in the second quarter. skins down 7-6. tressway back to punt. and it's scooped up and the texans score. they take a 14-6 lead in halftime. skins offense moving the ball on third down. robert griffin the third findss nels paul. they lose 17-6.

>> no one wants to go on two. and that's our focus. we want to get to 1-1. we felt good about what we did. and we're going to fix what we didn't do well. so that's just the mind-set we have as football players, and i understand and we'll do it and be great for the fans. >> now the next game for the redskins is the home opener. they'll take on the jacksonville jaguars who also lost today. the redskins name controversy isn't going away. in fact, it followed the team all the way to houston today where protesters denounced the name, even failed off with a few football fans. while fans cheered inside the stadium this afternoon, outside the sound of heckling had demonstrators fuming. >> gotten the middle finger from everybody. we've been told to go where we came from. we are here. we're a we're the original people of