first coming to, naturally, his number one man in this detroit offense, calvin johnson. let's check in downstairs with laura okmin. >> laura: calvin, you've been talking all week finding the rhythm, five catches and 111 yards and a touchdown. are you good with that rhythm tonight? >> it's not too bad. good thing we got good things going in the second quarter. just takes a little spark and we going to be smooth on the offense. all it takes and we got a couple of touchdowns by the receiving corps and keep that up. >> laura: yours was the play of the game. one of the things that matthew said is the toughest thing about you was learning that one guy on you, two guys on you, that doesn't mean you're covered. so i'm wondering when are you not open? >> whenever he doesn't throw the ball to me. i feel like i'm always opened. a receiver mindset you got to have. >> laura: is there anybody when you look at other wide receivers around the league and say i wish i could do that? because they are all saying that about you? any wi receiver you look at and go i wish i could do that? >> o

as long as we got that, we will get better. >> he is referring to calvin johnson. much more on the ravens. an hour o coverage that starts at 7:00. then at 730, gerry sandusky and i will look at training camp. teacher in interviews with lewis. >> and what is there for improvement? >> consistently. next week, the precincts in game number 3 does jacksonville on thursday. that is where you want them to play at their best because the fourth one is all of the scrubs fighting for a job. >> we will get another check on the 11 inswççÑçÑ >> perfect day today. tomorrow, some clouds begin to drift in. at the end of the day, there is a small chance to have been eclipsed by a sharp. higher rain chances are overnight sunday into monday. it tapers off tuesday. we start off rocky at the beginning of the week, but wednesday, thursday and friday looked great. look at those temperatures. low demand. >> we will take it. that is all we have. thanks for joining us. "nbc nightly news" is next.

so you would go with calvin johnson? >> daryl: i think so. the theory today is to go with a wide receiver first. that's what most of the guys do, stack up out there. >> kenny: quarterback, probably can't go wrong with drew brees or tom brady. >> daryl: you look around the league. and when we spoke to mike nolan, dolphins defensive coordinator, he said five or six years ago there were teams with top-notch quarterbacks. now there are probably 14, 15, 16. and you look at the numbers last year. 20 quarterbacks. there's mike nolan in the middle. 20 different quarterbacks in the nfl threw for at least 3,000 yards. brees, brady, and matthew stafford threw for over 5,000. prior to last season it had been done only twice in history by dan marino and drew brees. three quarterbacks last year passed for over 5 yards. >> daryl: and eli manning finished only 67 away. you can stretch it as much as you want. but aaron rodgers in 15 games has 4,643. matt flynn throws for 480 against detroit that last game. you can see if it's aaron rodgers and he throws 480.

so you would go with calvin johnson? >> daryl: i think so. the theory today is to go with a wide receiver first. that's what most of the guys do, stack up out there. >> kenny: quarterback, probably can't go wrong with drew brees or tom brady. >> daryl: you look around the league. and when we spoke to mike nolan, dolphins defensive coordinator, he said five or six years ago there were teams with top-notch quarterbacks now there are probably 14, 15, 16. and you look at the numbers last year. 20 quarterbacks. there's mike nolan in the middle. 20 different quarterbacks in the nfl threw for at least 3,000 yards. brees, brady, and matthew stafford threw for over 5,000. prior to last season it had been done only twice in history by dan marino and drew brees. three quarterbacks last year passed for over 5 yards. >> daryl: and eli manning finished only 67 away. you can stretch it as much as you want. but aaron rodgers in 15 games has 4,643. matt flynn throws for 480 against detroit that last game. you can see if it's aaron rodgers and he throws 480. >

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so you would go with calvin johnson? >> daryl: i think so. the theory today is to go with a wide receiver first. that's what most of the guys do, stack up out there. >> kenny: quarterback, probably can't go wrong with drew brees or tom brady. >> daryl: you look around the league. and when we spoke to mike nolan, dolphins defensive coordinator, he said five or six years ago there were teams with top-notch quarterbacks. now there are probably 14, 15, 16. and you look at the numbers last year. 20 quarterbacks. there's mike nolan in the middle. 20 different quarterbacks in the nfl threw for at least 3,000 yards. brees, brady, and matthew stafford threw for over 5,000. prior to last season it had been done only twice in history by dan marino and drew brees. three quarterbacks last year passed for over 5 yards. >> daryl: and eli manning finished only 67 away. you can stretch it as much as you want. but aaron rodgers in 15 games has 4,643. matt flynn throws for 480 against detroit that last game. you can see if it's aaron rodgers and he throws 480.

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this guy doesn't drop anything, talking about calvin johnson. look at that catch, the quarterback matthew stafford from george, a touchdown 18 yards, five catches, 111 yards for johnson. lions defeat the ravens 27-12, but it's fake football, right? >> no. >> it doesn't exactly count. you know what i mean? >> i think we were both kind of asleep before you came up here. i am fully awake. sports is jazzing us all up. >> sports is waking us all up. >>> coming up yet a major city launches an all out aerial assault against mosquitoes as more west nile cases are reported in our area. >> plus what was life like in the white house during jfk's presidency? a local museum is now displaying memories from a man who knew the president well. >>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> a health alert out of maryland tonight where swine flu has been detected in six residents living in queen anne's county. health officials say the victims are five children and one adult. all had direct contact with pigs. so far none of them have become ill. swine flu symptoms are the sam

that means the attempt to stop calvin johnson, who threw for more thousand -- more than a dozen yardsast season. that means plenty of work against one of the past passing games in the nfl. >> it will be a nice challenge going against one of the best receivers in the league. get your confidence up and get used to the game. it will be a nice test for us. i think he will do a great job of running the offense could this week will be a great test for our defense. >> it looks like the maryland football team will head into its season with a freshman at quarterback appeared c.j. brown saw his season ended today with a knee injury. it leaves the terps with a quarterback with no experience. perry hills takes over the quarterback spot. he played high school ball in pittsburgh. the head coach might be more comfortable if he had dan marino taking over. taking over. which he does not care we oreo and dunkin' are the perfect match for the perfect moment. enjoy the new oreo coolatta and donut today. america runs on dunkin'. >> here is one last look at the winning power numbers. six, 27, 46, 51, 56 an

lines come in tonight with guys like matthew stafford who threw for 5,000 yards, 41 touchdowns, calvin johnson, megatron, best receiver in the nfl. so this is certainly going to be a big test for the ravens tonight. they're a veteran team. they don't get spooked by a bad performance but certainly want to play better tonight. some of the goals you can look for, head coach john harbaugh wants his starters to go about a quarter, quarter and a half up to halftime. now back to you in the studio. >>> still to come on 9 news this friday night, how a camera that tracks your shopping habits could get you some deep discounts. >> right after the break how a gutsy car thief walked onto a lot and drove off with a $75,000 ride. >>> so it probably shouldn't be this easy to steal a $75,000 car from the dealership. police in l.a. say the man in this surveillance video knew exactly what he was doing. he walked onto the lot playing it cool, met with the salesman and gained his confidence. the crook was interested in a 2008 maserati. he asked for the keys so he could listen to the engine. >> i got the keys from o

calvin johnson. making the grab for the touchdown. megatron five catches, 111 yards. not done yet. in the second, hits titus young, break as tackle finds the end zone. stafford's night 12 for 17. 184 yards and 2 touchdowns as the lions win 27-12. >>> a chance to sit in the hotel and talk to sonny jurgensen. not redskins but nationals. yes, one of the greatest quarterbacks in redskins history on the nats bandwagon. in action again tonight. bryce harper not starting the game. third game in nine days bryce has been given the day off hitting pretty well, at least last night. but not at-of-as well as michael morse. a fun game to watch if you're a nationals fan. good to see ian desmond back. 0 for 4 at plate, bat wasn't needed. bottom four. 2-0 mets. going bismo. first grand slam for the nationals. puts the nationals up 4-2. morse coming out for a curtain call. bottom five now. bryce harper at the plate. man on first and he's been struggling, but not anymore. gets ahold of this one a two-run shot and nationals are up 6-2. bottom nine now. tyler in a bit of trouble. two on,

challenge for the ravens defense...quarterback mathew stafford and his all everything receiver calvin johnsonall meggtron for his otherworldl;y abillty...and the ravens welcome that challenge... you can see the you can see the ravens take on megatron aad the lions tomorrow right here on fox 45...

-0....ensuing lions possession..it's matthew stafford airing it out for his favorite target...calvin johnsonwilliams and sean considine for 57 yards....later in the drive... megatron embarrasses jimmy smith...unable to find the ball... it's on the back shoulder.easy t-d for johnson...5 catches for 111 yards and a score...lions up 7-6....later in the quarter... more secondary concerns... &pstafford finds a wide open titus young...breaks a few tackles...into he endzone for six...detroit in front 14-6.... less than a minute left in the half...lions kicking off to deonte thompson...takes it 6 yards deep...he's off to the races...explodes down the sideline...steps out around midfield...but that's not the only problem...holdiig on the return brings it back...ravens trail 17-9 at the break....3rd quarter...asa jackson back to receive the punt...at the 15... finds a seam up the middle... bounces it to the outside... crosses midfieldforced to cut back at the 25...shakes a few tackles...and gone for an 85- yard touchdown...but there's more laundry on the field... another holding penalty...they didn't

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i want so draft disney which i think of being sort of the calvin johnson of the lions, akamegatron. d disney has a host of great businesses. they're all on fire. they own a network, abc, a ton of amazing cable properties, like espn, the disney channel and abc family. there's the theme park business, did kneeworld, disneyland, hong kong disney, disney cruise line. the results in the latest quarter were phenomenal. 9% rise in revenues and a 21% increase in operating income. and the film studio with the most recent quarter, 100% increase in operating income thanks to "the avengers." the third highest crohighestest film of all time. the only reason disney didn't shoot through the roof when it reported, which is your opportunity, by the way, it was a terrific quarter two weeks ago, august 7, was the stock had already run up 12% going into the results. the expectations were sky high. and one reason why i think disney can make a big play is you're basically getting that quarter for free. the stock was trading at $49.81 before the company reported and now it's just as $49.64. plus disney se

in the second inning while our producer calvin johnson fell asleep, and they were behind 5- 0, they made tremendous comeback. chris davis with a shot to deep left center field. that gave baltimore the lead for good and baltimore went on to score 11 unanswered runs and they dominated the yankees 11- 5. >> that is quite a comeback. >>> the redskins have some of the nfl's best die-hard fans. with the addition of rg iii, those fans are full of optimism j that includes one celebrity fan who played a visit to redskins park. i sat down with our own lindsay murphy. murphy. -- he sat down with our own lindsay murphy. >> when i say rg iii, what comes to your mind. >> speed. >> if you are out there, what position would you play? >> running back j who is your favorite redskin in. >> it was portis. d.hall. >> what was your first job. >> hot dog shop or bagel shop. >> favorite artist to collaborate with. >> rick ross. rick ross. >> most proud moment so far if your career. >> b. c. award probably or having the number two album in the country when may last album debuted. >> your first car. >> the '89 ca

first coming to, naturally, his number one man in this detroit offense, calvin johnson. et's check in downstairs with laura okmin. >> laura: calvin, you've been talking all week finding the rhythm, five catches and 111 yards and a touchdown. are you good with that rhythm tonight? >> it's not too bad. good thing we got good things going in the second quarter. just takes a little spark and we going to be smooth on the offense. all it takes and we got a couple of touchdowns by the receiving corps and keep that up. >> laura: yours was the play of the game. one of the things that matthew said is the toughest thing about you was learning that one guy on you, two guys on you, that doesn't mean you're covered. so i'm wondering when are you not open? >> whenever he doesn't throw the ball to me. i feel like i'm always opened. a receiver mindset you got to have. >> laura: is there anybody when you look at other wide receivers around the league and say i wish i could do that? because they are all saying that about you? any wide receiver you look at and go i wish i could do that? >> o

matthew stafford throws it to calvin johnson and megatron hits it.my smith was there but the catch was perfect, touchdown, 7-6. over the middle, second team was in at that point. emanuel coleman on the tackle. 14-6 and a -- lions won the game 27-12. ravens unable to get into the end zone. orioles in detroit, first of a three-game set, matt weiters against justin verlander. matt weiters crushed to right, two-run shot, 3-1, orioles. fifth inning, great play by manny merchaddo and reynolds' foot was on the bag. buck showalter agreed with him. replay showed his foot was there, should have been an out. here we go in the eighth, tied at 3-3, caso romero, new orel, serves it up to prince fielder. that one proved the decisive blow. orioles fall 5-3. tied with the tigers for the last wild card spot if the playoffs were to begin today. we still have a month and a half to go but the orioles are in the conversation. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. >> how often is that, that we have a chance to go to the playoffs for the o's? that's fantastic. >> thank