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. >> cr

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. >> cr

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. >> cr

today, but you go into atlanta with some of those receivers that they have down there, roddy white, julio jones tony gonzalez, you're going to have to put up some points in order to win down there. >> al: so that's the matchup for you next sunday night. the atlanta falcons, matt ryan and company. and the new england patriots on sunday night football. coming up next except on the west coast, your local news followed by "dateline." this is al michaels. for cris collinsworth, michele tafoya, our entire gang saying good night from heinz field in pittsburgh. >> announcer: nbc bay area news starts now. >> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >>> it has been an eventful and controversial day for bay area sports. the latest of oracle team usa still very much in the america's cup race. first, straight to the latest on those 49ers and the leave of absence for alden smith. >> you know, two days after d.u.i., smith stepped on the field to face the indianapolis kolts. they told the rams smith will not play against st. louis. instead, he will take an indefinite leave of absence from the team. as more comments. >>

you know he is going to try to take away julio jones and try to take away tony gonzalez. guy like roddy white has to have a big game. he has a sprained ankle. he still limping around. you can see it. so pressure on receivers like harry douglas and roddy white tonight to try to make plays. >> obviously, we will be talking about this on the pregame and throughout the game. wes welker to denver. aaron hernandez, sitting in jail. rob gronkowski still out with an injury. danny amendola, the same. neither made the trip. here is tom brady, perhaps the best of the best or there with peyton manning but he has got some problems. >> a little bit stunning to me actually that they are already 3-0 at this point in the season. you thought if you were going to get them, you better get them early. >> we are going to get to new york where dan patrick and tony dungy and rodney harrison are standing by. >> thank you, bob. headlines for the early games? >> who is the hottest team in the afc north? the cleveland browns. they are playing great football. good defense. >> 4-0 teams. seattle and d

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