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Super Bowl 35 took place on January 28, 2001, as the Baltimore Ravens faced the New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The Ravens were coached by Brian Billich in his second year as a head coach.
They finished the regular season 12-4, which was only good enough for a wild card bid as Tennessee won the AFC Central with 13 wins.
Baltimore was a defensive juggernaut, only giving up 165 points in 16 games, which included four shutouts during the season.
The only games the team lost were ones in which their offense failed to score a touchdown.
The Giants had the best record in the NFC, at 12-4 under head coach Jim Fossil.
New York hoped to enter the game with momentum after destroying the Vikings 41-0 in the NFC Championship game.
This audio recording is from the CBS Radio broadcast featuring announcers Howard David, Matt Millen, and Boomer Esiason.
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Welcome back everybody, I'm Tommy Tye.
Getting here with the program puts you on a different level among your brethren.
Winning places you in an esteemed group that includes such legends as Lombardi, Noel, Shula, Landry.
Brian Billich could put himself in the same breath if his defense comes up big again.
The challenge he explained to Boomer, he comes with the unpredictability New York's offense possesses.
Just the fact that they are balanced. Teams that have made a mistake against our defense have come in and become one dimensional.
If you arbitrarily give up on the run and just figure what the heck we're not going to be able to and just try to throw the ball, there's not a lot of future in that.
And so the teams that have fared the best are those that have tried to maintain a certain amount of balance and I know Jim's committed to that balance.
Now going into this game Brian, many people, especially in New York, have been talking about your last game against the Jets,
the games you played against the Jaguars where they spread you out and kind of caught you off balance.
And then all of a sudden talking to Jim Fossil he said, well it seems like they might have been a little bit off balance in those situations but they've rectified those things.
Could you see Jim coming out and doing a no huddle, a two minute thing spreading you guys out early in the game?
Well I think it's important to note we won both those games and Jim's, I know Jim very well.
Any team that wants to come out and throw the ball 70 times against us, have at it.
We'd invite you to do so because I don't know, to become one dimensional that way, I don't know that that's the way to get it done.
I don't know that that's their personality. Jim's getting the same advice I am because we take counsel from many of the same people.
You've got to do what you did to get here and if you try to change your personality dramatically in one way or the other that usually catches up with you.
If they choose to come out and want to air it out all day long then that's fine. We're certainly prepared for it.
This defense, if it senses that it's forced you into one thing or the other, it kind of feeds off that.
There's one individual everybody knows, the NFL defensive player of the year, Ray Lewis.
Why has he become the player that he's become this year?
Well I think a lot of people have to remember how young Ray is.
With all the Pro Bowls he's had a lot of people I think view him a little like Jonathan Ogden.
Like he's a vested old time veteran that has seen it all.
Both of them are relatively young players and so there's still a learning curve.
And I think Ray has reached that point. Boomer as you know there comes a point in the league where you play well, you get comfortable and then you take that next step.
There's an awareness of what's going on around you.
As great as Ray Lewis has played to go to the Pro Bowls the last couple of years, this year that level of awareness of the entire scheme of the defense,
what his responsibilities are, where everybody else needs to be, what he needs to look at when he looks at film and what reads he's looking at.
I've never been around a player that reads and reacts as well as Ray Lewis does.
When you were in Minnesota I'm sure as an offensive coordinator you set up in front of these guys,
look we have a chance to break the overall scoring record in the NFL and probably use that as motivation.
Now I'm sure that you go in there and you probably say, hey guys look we have a great defense, we have a good running back,
all we have to do is manufacture those yards and eat up those clock when we need to have that done.
And that's exactly what they're doing for you.
It all goes back to the idea that what does it take for us to win?
Any offensive group sure would like to have the big numbers.
It's kind of funny, I get a kick out of it because when I've been with some offenses in Minnesota that have generated incredible numbers,
the thing anybody wants to talk about is yeah but are you going to win? Are you winning?
And even in the 98 year, a 15-1 year, a year where we broke the all-time scoring record,
the thing that hangs over it that people when they want to get to me a little bit, God forbid somebody wants to do that.
But it's all great, you generated all these numbers, but did you win? Did you go to the Super Bowl?
And that's a legitimate observation. I find it interesting now that in dealing with people,
yeah we're going to the Super Bowl but your numbers aren't what you'd like them to be.
I'm very comfortable with what this team is about. If nothing else you have to adapt to the talent that you have.
How much do you think special teams will play a part in today's game?
I think it's going to be huge. I think when you look at an offense and a defense that balance each other the way they do,
yards are going to be tough to come by. They're an outstanding defense as well.
I think special teams, and that's a cliché to say obviously, but I think special teams,
and it doesn't even have to be a huge play in special teams.
It doesn't have to be a kickoff return for a touchdown or block punt, anything of that nature.
But the field position game, something that has played into the equation for us, we play great defense.
We could chew up the clock offensively. When we need to, we take the ball off the shadow of our goal.
Or we may only move 20 or 30 or 40 yards, maybe don't get into scoring position,
but Kyle Richardson leads the league in getting punts inside the 20.
So we put that offense facing 80, 90 yards, and that's a tall task facing our defense.
So the whole team is interacting in that way and that's why we're here.
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Welcome back everyone. Tommy Tide with Super Bowl 35 from Tampa.
If you like defense, get on board. These two teams have allowed the least amount of points to their opponents in a playoff round ever.
The Baltimore Ravens facing the New York Football Giants.
The NFC champs have a solid aggregate with several very good players.
Seahorn, Barrow, Strahan, Armstead. The AFC winners, however, have one player stands out among the many talented folks around him.
Linebacker Ray Lewis is being mentioned in the same breath as many of the all-time greats who once patrolled this position.
What puts him so close to those already in Sliden and Canton?
This is my love for what I do. It's what I'm blessed to do.
It's what the man upstairs is giving me.
And for me to have that, it's like saying, hey, if you want to watch a guy who just comes to work every day, you know, they pay me to work Monday through Saturday.
The sun is up at three.
Unfortunately, that ray of sunshine he possesses on the gridiron went dark a year ago this week.
Another pro football player is facing a charge of murder.
All-pro linebacker Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens is jailed without bond in Atlanta.
Charged from the deaths of two Ohio men. He says he didn't do it.
The men were stabbed outside an Atlanta bar where a post-Super Bowl party spilled out into the street.
A court appearance soon followed. Assistant DA Clint Rucker.
Could you say your name for the record?
Ray Anthony Lewis Jr.
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Excuse me.
But because he decided to testify against two of his associates...
The party has pre-slid this agreement with the court.
And subject to his exceptions by the court, we'll make a recommendation that the court impose a 12-month sentence against the defendant Ray Anthony Lewis to be served on probation.
Allowing him to return to the sidelines. Having his best season ever, Lewis was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Helping lead his club to their first appearance in the game, the players call the Ultimate.
With that comes national notoriety and 2700 credential journalists from all over the world looking for a tale to be told.
Many look to Lewis who could have been a distraction to his teammates as reporters badgered him about the past.
He believed all the hoopla about that difficult period in his life would not allow him to lose his focus.
I don't see where it should be a thing for me.
You know, my focus is when I came here to come try to win a Super Bowl.
I'm not here to try to justify anything that went on because that's the story in my book that's closed.
Regardless of whatever situation or whatever questions come up, the thing is, you know, it was always based around me and it's not about me.
We're trying to win a Super Bowl. We're not here to focus on Ray Lewis.
What Ray Lewis went through, that was a year ago. Let it go.
To discuss what we should be speaking about this week.
Our defense, our team, the obstacles that we overcome all year, being underdogs all year, the thing Trenton's done.
We stayed together through all the trials, through all the going through this, going through that scoring slump, everything.
That's what a Super Bowl is about.
A Super Bowl is about you pick two of the best teams out of 31 and you say now we find out who the best in the world.
With him anchoring the league's best defense this season, considering the many records this group has set, could they possibly be the best ever?
Yeah, definitely.
I think that speaks for that. I think our play speaks for that.
And I think what we've accomplished this whole year by getting into Super Bowl, I think we can claim that label.
Stats is there. Fewer spots allowed, things like that.
So, I mean, those are things that regardless of the situation, we've improved our stuff all year and now we're at the big dance.
When he hopes to step up and help his team, Wolves, or Tango to a title. Still ahead, it's almost here.
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Welcome back everybody. Tommy Teig at Super Bowl 35.
The New York Giants, the NFC champions going up against the AFC champion, Baltimore Ravens.
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The official beginning to the contest starts with nationally known recording artist Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful.
Let's join my good friend Greg Gumbel of CBS Sports with a formal introduction.
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Welcome back, everyone. I'm Tommy Tung. I'll be back at intermission with the Novell Halftime Report. My guests will include NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Kansas City Chiefs Coach Dick Vermeel.
But right now it's time for Super Bowl 35 on CBS Radio Sports and Westwood 1, the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants.
Let's rejoin the three men calling all the action for you today. Howard David, Matt Millen and Boomer Seison. Have a good one, fellas.
All right, Tommy. Thank you. The captains for the Ravens, Shannon Sharp, Ray Lewis and James Tratt for the Giants, Kerry Collins, Ron Stone, Mike Strahan, Jesse Armstead and Lomas Brown.
The referee for today is Jerry Austin in his third Super Bowl and the celebrity toss of the coin featuring four men who have been here in Tampa for Super Bowl.
Super Bowl 25, will the Giants beat the Bills? Bill Parcells, the head coach of that team and Otis Anderson, who rushed for 101 yards and was the game's MVP.
And Super Bowl 18, the Raiders beat the Redskins 38 to 9. The MVP was Marcus Allen, his head coach, Tom Flores.
Those gentlemen at midfield about ready to toss the coin for today's game. Super Bowl 35 between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Ravens.
And OJ Anderson epitomized the will of the Giants in that Super Bowl victory, of course, best remembered for wide right by Scott Norwood.
With us from the 19-4 Los Angeles Rangers, former head coach Tom Flores and running back Marcus Allen.
And from the 1991 New York Giants, former head coach Bill Parcells and running back Otis Anderson.
You get the idea as we listen in to Greg Gumbel, our colleague, handling the introductions.
You get the idea, there's probably about 60% plus Giants fans versus about 40% Ravens fans. Let's go down to the toss of the coin. Jerry Austin.
Super Bowl 35. Head is represented by the Lombardi Trophy and the two helmets.
Baltimore is the visiting team. Who's going to make the call? What is your call? Head's is his call. Coach Flores, would you make the toss?
If there's a tail, you'll go in the toss.
Step over here, please.
The Giants have won the toss of the coin, fellas. If you're the Giants, you get an opportunity to strike first.
And you also have an opportunity if you're a Baltimore Raven to get your strength of your team on the field right away and set the tone.
This goes back to what we said right from the beginning. Let's see how Jim Poffels is going to play this game.
This is the strategy that will decide the outcome of this Super Bowl to see whether or not he'll let Kerry Collins spread his offense out and start throwing the football and gain some momentum and confidence as the game goes on.
Bad news for the Giants. When the Ravens lose the toss of the coin, they are 9-0.
And according to Tommy, conversely, when the Giants win, they're 9-1. Something's got to give.
That's right. How about let's go downstairs to James Lofton. James?
Guys, I'm down here with Marcus Allen. Marcus, do you even remember who won the coin toss when you played in the Super Bowl?
First time I really started wanting to play again because it was pretty exciting. I felt the energy, James.
Now, are you ever surprised that your record for that long Super Bowl run has held up this long?
Well, you expect that obviously every year there's somebody to break it. But what I do is call all the running backs each year and I say, listen, I want you guys to have an outstanding game, but I would like to remain in the record book just a little bit longer.
Well, I don't know if they get a run off that long. Marcus, thanks for joining us.
Thank you, James.
Talk to George Tomah, the grounds guru before the ballgame. He said this turf is fast. He said it may get a little moisture as the dew works its way in the course of the evening.
So it's going to be fast, early and slippery late. Just like the guys up in the booth.
Exactly. That's a James Lofton track we're talking about here.
Yes, it's absolutely a beautiful field. George Tomah did a great job before the game. We were walking down there, Matt. I mean, this is like a carpet and a living.
Gorgeous.
Absolutely gorgeous. You know, just a little tidbit of information for Marcus down. You know, Marcus down was a complete stiff until I taught him how to run in this particular game.
Same shifty moves.
You got it.
As you saw, I asked, I'll tell you that.
Matt, how do you run?
As you dodged in and out of the warming trays.
Yes, sir.
Well, Matt Stover, who's had the most points of any kicker in the league this year with 135, will be kicking it off to either Ron Dixon or Damon Washington.
And we remember Ron Dixon against the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional playoff game when he went coast to coast for the touchdown to start the game.
You know, the interesting thing is talking to Jimmy McNally and Mike Pope, the offensive line coach and a tight end coach for the Giants.
He said, you know, we've been watching a lot of film of these guys. A whole bunch of teams have started inside the 20 yard line.
Makes it awful difficult for any offense to march 80 yards consistently, especially when you're playing against the best defense in the NFL.
Well, that's just what we talked about earlier, just in terms of field position.
But the returners, the respective turners for both these teams are going to be big, not only in the kickoff and return game, but also the punt return game.
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It'll be Dixon at the five, angling left of the 15, of the 20 and hit down at the 22 yard line.
Back on the play, OJ Berghans and the Giants go on offense under the leadership of Kerry Collins.
A rags to riches story who threw for over 3600 yards this season had a huge game against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC title game that turned it into a joke.
41 nothing, only the joke was on the Vikings.
They want the Giants are going to go with three wide receivers, including Dixon, Hilliard and Tuller.
Tiki Barber and Greg Comella in the line.
Dixon goes in motion when they get a light of a loose ball and a flag also at the same time.
As Jamie Sharper came up with a loose ball, but I think the play has been blown dead before it started.
You're going to have encroachment on the defense. I think unless one of those offensive linemen move to bring those guys across the line.
Looks like Hamilton jumped inside, but we'll see if they were drawn off.
I think it's got to be on the defense here, Matt.
I'm sorry, not Hamilton, but either Goose or.
What does that matter?
Five yards, the two first fans.
All right, let's go over the offensive line for the Giants.
Lomas Brown has been to seven Pro balls.
He's had a huge impact on this team from a leadership point of view.
Luke Pettigrew, the right tackle, Glenn Parker, 16 postseason games with former Buffalo Bill and Ron Stone off his first Pro ball.
The guards, Dusty Ziggler, the former Buffalo Bill, the starting center, Howard Cross, Dan Campbell, Pete Mitchell are the tight ends for the Giants.
And Mitchell in the game right now lined up on the right side.
First and five of the Giants might be a good gambling down as Collins play action.
He throws it over the middle and is tipped and nearly picked off.
They were looking for Mitchell at the 35 yard line.
Now, the one thing that I've already seen from the Giants, they're getting in and out of the hole rather quickly, Matt.
And the Giants play an offense where there's a lot of shifting and motioning.
And the reason that you do that is to try to confuse the defense.
But conversely, on the other side, the defense is extremely simple for the Baltimore Ravens to run from a scheme standpoint.
You're also going to see some long counts because this Baltimore defense likes to really jump the count.
Ravens front four of Burnett, Adams, Sarah Goosa McCrary, the linebackers Bullwair, Lewis and Schopper, the quarter's Stocks and McAllister.
Harris, or rather Herring and Woodson, the safeties.
They go inside the barbara and he's tripped up at the line of scrimmage by Jamie Schopper, the right side linebacker who had good penetration.
All right, you're looking at about a third and a fourth now.
This is manageable for the Giants offense.
These are plays in situations where you run your base offense and Kerry was very good against the Vikings in this exact situation.
Interesting that in the first down, they went to the tight end, which I would expect would be good for them today.
And try to work on the underneath stuff because I don't really like their match outside.
Although you're going to have starts right now on Amani Tilmer with the safety top help over the top.
You're a vicious in the game speedster. Collins out of his shotgun. Third down about five.
Collins back throws deep down the left side. There's contact and the ball is nearly picked off by Tim Herring, who had a shot at making the game's first turnover on the pass down field to Joe Jurovichus.
But you also had Schopper right in the face. This is what we talked about right at the beginning, bro.
The quarterback that handles the pressure the best will be the one who has the best chance to win.
Schopper came on a blitz to the inside. They matched up man to the outside and Collins just threw it.
He was lucky he didn't have himself a pick.
Brad Maynard to kick it away to Jermaine Lewis who had two returns for a touchdown against the Jets in the final regular season game.
The only man ever to do it twice.
And the punt by Maynard is a short but high kick.
Fair catch called for by Lewis who gathers it in at the 37 yard line of the Baltimore Ravens. Only a 37 yard punt.
And field position after the first series. Field position goes to the Baltimore Ravens.
Matt you talked about ironclad will. That's exactly what Kerry Collins is going to have to have because he's almost had two balls picked off already.
This is exactly the way the Baltimore Ravens want to start the game. Great field position for their offense.
Let's see if Brian Dillick opens it up a little bit here.
Giants have Strahan, Peter, Hamilton and Jones the front four.
Trent Filker who took over as a starter on October the 29th against Pittsburgh in the quarterback.
Lewis and Holmes are running back. Filker back out to the left.
The catch is made by Priest Holmes for a pick up to the 41 yard line of the Baltimore Ravens.
Their offensive line, Pro Bowler Jonathan Ogden the left tackle.
Harry Swain the former Bronco and Charger at right tackle.
Bullock-Hallow and Flynn the guards.
Jeff Mitchell at center for Baltimore.
Their tight ends of course are Pro Bowl caliber.
Shannon Sharpe and Ben Coase.
Kadri Ismael, Jermaine Lewis, Brandon Stokely the wide receivers.
We will see in and out of this game. We'll give you the giant defense in a moment.
Filker going to throw on second down.
Loads up left throws right through the hands of Kadri Ismael who was defended by Dave Thomas.
You fellas said it early on. They're going to go to Thomas right away.
Well they are going to go to Thomas and he had Ismael covered perfectly.
He was underneath like he read the route.
It was a dangerous throw by Trent Filpher but what I notice here is that Brian Billich is going to let Trent Filpher have a few opportunities early on in this game.
They go ahead and make that throw and he's going to put it on his shoulders.
Here they're going to come out with three straight passes.
They've got to throw here.
Two tight ends although Shannon Sharpe is the same as a wide out.
Tripp receivers to the right.
Third down and six for Baltimore.
Filpher back looks right throws right under Duress.
He throws it away and there was pressure coming from Filpher's right hand side.
You know Matt I don't mean to laugh but it seems like this is exactly what everybody in the country is expecting from this game.
If the quarterbacks are going to get beat up pretty good that time Trent Filpher gets hit right underneath the chin and throws the ball away.
But here we go field position and this is where Richardson has been absolutely wonderful during the season hitting his opponents inside the 20 yard line.
Kyle Richardson a kick to Tiki Barber.
He's got that left forearm.
He's heavily taped up.
There catches Paul Corr and Barber fields it safely at the 13 yard line and now the tippin starts every now and again.
Inside the 20 again and Richardson just absolutely terrific this year.
The best in the NFL at pinning his opponents inside the 20 yard line.
That's a 46 yard kick.
There's no score in the first quarter.
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I'm Howard David. You're listening to Super Bowl 35 on CBS Radio Sports and Westwood One.
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Howard amazing when Ray Lewis was introduced.
He went into a hot dog dance, bent down and grabbed some grass turf, rubbed it on his uniform,
then put it back in the ground and then went into a rocking back and forth dance.
Something I'm told that he practiced during the week in the locker room.
Wow, I don't know what to say.
He backs it up but boy if he doesn't it's going to come back to haunt him.
Jason Garrett is the backup quarterback for the Giants.
He gave Kerry Collins some good advice.
He said call Troy Aikman about your Super Bowl experience and he'll give you some good insight.
Apparently he did and Aikman has been to the dance a few times.
I'm sure he can give him the right information.
The thing here Howard is that again it's going to come down to these quarterbacks that are dealing with the pressure.
Both of these defenses can do that to you.
It's going to be interesting to see how these offenses try to adjust as this game goes on.
Collins will start at his own 13 yard line.
Since Mitchell with tight end in motion, Collins quick drop,
puts one, gets hit and sacks back at the seven yard line.
He is hit by Rob Burnett who had ten and a half sacks during the regular season
on the game's first sack registered by the Ravens.
They're in an over front so that means Burnett is going to be on Pedegu.
Pedegu we said earlier is going to have some problems.
Now that was going to be a quick pass.
You have to credit the coverage on the outside.
He's looking towards Armani Tumor but Starks is right on top of him.
Took the quick away. They were going to try a double move.
Burnett was able to make the hit.
Howard Cross, the only giant remaining from Super Bowl 25, is in the game at tight end for the Giants.
After a five yard loss, second and 15, the pitch to Barber sweeping right,
tries to turn the corner and is put on his back.
Half a nine yard line.
Terrific play, James Treff.
You can see right here the defense of the Baltimore Ravens are living up to the billing thus far.
Flying to the football, the Giants realize it's going to be very difficult to run inside
so they try to get Tiki outside.
But Matt, the thing that is most impressive when you watch this defense
is the pursuit and how many guys are around the football.
And how well they come off blocks.
That was outstanding by Treff to fight off the block.
Hold the outside leverage to force it in and of course they make the tackle on top of it, third and long.
This is where Terry Collins has got to be careful inside his own 10 yard line.
Don't force it here.
Third and 14, Hilliard in motion.
Collins back to the goal line, steps up.
Now tries to take off and run with it and slides down to the 15 yard line.
Well he got about half of what he needed.
He still needed about eight more and they'll have to kick it away.
This is what I'm talking about. Just be careful. Don't force the football.
It's going to be a game of field position.
This is where Brad Maynard has got to be careful.
Kick it outside the numbers.
Do not give Jermaine Lewis the entire field to run with.
Agreed. Now you have the directional kick on the punt game.
More important, it looks to me right there that Terry Collins is starting to speed himself up a little bit.
He's got to calm himself back down.
Maynard, an excellent punter, but he's starting in dangerous territory.
Lewis stands at the 44 and he kicks it away.
It is a short wobbly kick and it bounces out of bounds at the 48 yard line of Baltimore.
The Ravens now with an outstanding opportunity.
They'll start to drive at their own 49 yard line after a 38 yard punt.
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And the second point, maybe more importantly, is the fact that in two series they gained themselves 17 yards of field position in the kicking game.
Sam Gansch is in, then the two Pro Bowls with the Buffalo Bills.
Deep back, Jamal Lewis.
Milford changing the play at the line of scrimmage.
Lions adjust defensively to the five man front, they hit to Lewis into the heart of the line and lost a yard.
I don't like this, man. I want Brian Dilley to let Trent Dilley throw it on this portion of the field.
I mean, you already have the Giants, the momentum is on your side, so throw the football.
Don't hand it up and run it in the middle where you can't get any yards.
And we talked about it all week long, everybody said, who is going to be the most significant player that we don't really read that much about?
And right now it's Richardson, the punter for the Ravens, who is out-punting Maynard thus far.
And that's why the Ravens have had this kind of field position.
Cedric Jones made the play just in for the Giants, a loss of a yard, second in at 11.
Twin receivers to the left side.
Six man Giants front, they're coming after Dilley, swings it out of the backfield, he's complete.
He threw it too low for Jamal Lewis because Lewis had 15 yards of open field in front of him.
This is one of those things we talk about missed opportunities, Bowman, here's one.
They came with a man look outside, they matched up their linebacker Barrow on tight end sharp, they picked to the inside.
Nobody could pick up on the outside of Jamal Lewis.
There was a blown coverage.
Blown coverage.
This is what Trent Dilfer has been booed for all his career down here in Tampa, a guy running wide open.
Everybody in the stadium sees it and he can't connect on an easy pass.
Three down lineman Pete Montian is another linebacker on third down at 11.
Priest Holmes in the game at running back and we're going to get a flag.
Looks like some movement on the Baltimore offensive line.
Looks to me like it was Hamilton who maybe moved a little bit too slow.
Encroachment, 75 defense, 5 yards, still third down.
10 sacks in 2000 for Keith Hamilton fourth amongst defensive tackles.
Roy Glover of New Orleans led with 17 quarterback sacks.
I thought he had an excellent year.
Hamilton did have a great year.
The thing about it is though that Trent Dilfer has got to complete the open passes.
And this is a manageable third down here.
It's third and five.
He's got to complete a pass here.
It's man coverage.
That's a giant 46.
Dilfer back to pass.
Looking long.
Airing it out and has a man.
Oh, it's in complaint off the fingertips of Patrick Johnson who had at least a 5 yard lead on Jason Seahorn.
One thing I don't believe that Dilfer does right, never believed he threw a very good deep ball.
And Johnson beat him clean at the line of scrimmage.
Never really got a jam on, just ran right by him.
Oh my goodness.
I mean, Patrick Johnson just left Jason Seahorn in the dirt.
And if Trent could put a little more air on there, it's six.
I mean, it's an easy play.
That's two wide open receivers so far that Trent Dilfer has missed.
Now let's see what Kyle Richardson does here, the parter for the Ravens, to see if he can put him inside the 10 yard line.
This is the same thing with this second missed opportunity.
Giants have just dodged a huge bullet.
Richardson with a rocket punch.
Barber lets it hit.
And it takes a Baltimore bounce and dies at the 2 yard line.
A 44 yard punt.
As good as you can get for Richardson.
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The Giants pinned up at their own goal line, at the one-yard line, off of a very good punt by Kyle Richardson.
The Giants now will be faced first and 10 at their own one.
A couple of changes, Keith Washington and Larry Webster into the front four for the Baltimore Ravens.
Oh, here you go, an empty backfield, at least a start, but I would imagine Ron Dane will end up back there.
They try to run the ball up the middle with him.
Not a lot of room.
Take a shot.
High formation, Dane the deep back.
That's movement by Lovis Brown on the left side.
Oh, and then we're going to run Ron Dane right up the middle.
Prior to this now, false start.
76.
Happiness is to the goal.
It's still first down.
We've had three of these sorts of penalties so far in this game early on.
This is a little early jitters.
Yeah, it is jitters, but when you're down here on this part of the field and you're a quarterback,
you should be able to go on long counts down here because the penalties don't matter.
Are we going to move an inch?
It doesn't really matter.
So if you're Kerry Collins, you could really try to hard count them down here, Matt, and try to get them all offside.
The other thing you said before was Kerry Collins just got to calm down, slow down a little bit,
get himself back into a rhythm if he can.
Fifth drive so far between these two teams in five minutes.
Five yards of total offense.
Collins back into his end zone.
Play axis.
Crows over the middle of his tip at it around, and I think it might have been picked off by the Ravens.
We'll see.
Now they're calling it an incompletion.
They are getting to Collins.
Rob Burnett again.
That was close to a sack.
Very close.
And remember, if they would do that and he throws a flag there for intentional ground, it would be a safety.
That wasn't the case, however, but again, he did force it down inside and took a major chance.
Larry Webster had a shot and came away with nothing instead.
Now he looks second along.
That ball actually hit McAllister.
Then it caromed off and it hit Webster in the stomach.
And one of the Giants, I couldn't see who it was, actually knocked it out of the hands of Webster it looked like.
Giants second down from deep in their own territory about the half yard line.
Collins with a long count rolls the pocket right.
Crows it on the run and connects to Ike Hilliard for a first down.
A 13 yard line of a Giants.
That was nicely done by Sean Payton on the call.
They know they had them problems with Pedigou, the right tackle.
Burnett's eaten his lunch.
He dropped down to the inside, got pressure.
He rolled him out to the right side so they use it against him.
And then Collins as he throws on the run is able to find Hilliard on about that 13 yard out.
That's a 13 yard completion of the game's first first down with nine and a half to go in the first quarter.
There's still no score.
And they had to work to get it too, Matt, and that may be the thing that Terry Collins needs, a little catalyst to get him going now.
Joe Montgomery in the game of tailback and he gets the call running right.
Hurdles over the pile for a few yards to the 18 yard line where he is hit by Rod Woodson who's had just a brilliant career.
Rod Woodson, by the way, Matt, I don't like bringing this up, but he had four interceptions on Boomer.
You got lucky.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
But three of them with tip balls, three of them were in games that he lost.
So relax.
OK, I'm with you.
I said deflections.
Good. Nice tie, by the way.
Thank you very much.
Game of about three, second down and seven from the Giants 17.
T.E. Barber back in the game and running back.
He gets the call trying to run left and dark to the right.
Not much there, gets about a yard.
There won't be much there all night long, Howard.
I mean, this they did there, Boomer.
I don't know what they did there and it's just very down to the inside.
They took him hard to the inside and bounce things out.
They're going to try to run that little bit of counter.
But with McCrary getting pressure inside, it's stuffed.
Everybody talks about the interior lineman, Adams and Saragusa on this defense.
But it's the outside guys, Burnett and McCrary are as just as difficult to block.
And Pettigrew is finding out just how good Rob Burnett is.
A dime defense now for the Baltimore Ravens.
Third down at about five from their own 19 yard line for the Giants.
Harry Collins out of his shotgun, sends Hilliard in motion.
He takes the snap, looks to the right, throws to the right and batted away in a terrific play by Ray Lewis.
On Joe Jerevichis, who is trying to run a crossing route underneath.
He was going to take Jerevichis' speed versus Ray Lewis' speed.
Ray Lewis played it perfect.
Top side of his left arm as they're running across, they're going right to left.
He leaves that to the top side, the right arm convinced, slaps the ball away.
He can't be drawn a better.
Now here you go, this is Maynard again, now the punter for the Giants.
Now it's his turn to see if he can root one out of here to try to give his team a little bit of a breather.
Ray Lewis who led the AFC.
His punt return average is 16 per return and a high kick right down the middle.
35 yard line, Lewis looking to run right, trying to turn the corner.
He does, at the 50, to the 40, Lewis to the 35, flag is down and Lewis is down at the 23 yard line.
A terrific run by Jermaine Lewis.
He is tackled by Pete Monte but this one may be coming back just in touch.
But more importantly, and Boomer said it right when it happened,
if you've got a directional kick this guy, you can't give him a two way go.
You know, I don't care if he kicks it out.
45 of the receiving team during the run back.
10 yards, first down.
I don't care if he kicks it out right at the 48 yard line like he did last time.
That doesn't matter.
Do not kick the ball down the center of the field and allow Jermaine Lewis a two way go.
Got it.
And I've got to believe, I'm sorry guys, I've got to believe that Jim Fossil has told them,
don't kick it down the middle.
I can't believe they said, you know, just let it go.
Just because you're having trouble directional kicking.
Seven and a half to play in the first quarter of that, a 46 yard punt but a 45 yard return.
Of course brought back a little bit because of the penalty.
And the Ravens will have great field position at the giant 41 yard line.
And that was a good call.
Yeah, it was a good call.
Throw the ball here.
Throw the football.
Throw the ball.
Let's go, throw it Trent, let's go.
High formation.
They run the ball, the Lewis runs left.
Inside the 40 to the 38 yard line, a pick up of three, Michael Barrow, who had a terrific year in his eighth season from Miami.
Actually, I was expecting, I'm expecting more of that with Jonathan Noggin on that left side, on Cedric Jones.
They're going to run the football, I expect them to pound that side.
Now, you can offset that defensively, you can set your safety to that side, or you can go with an over front or an under front to that side to protect him.
I think he just throw the ball.
Or he could throw it.
Throw it.
He could throw the ball.
Brandon Stokely in the game is a third wide out.
Guilford, back to pass, looking long, down the middle of the field, he's got a man complete.
Brandon Stokely, touchdown.
Touchdown, Bolivar Ravens, Brandon Stokely, who had 11 catches last year, one fall last year for 28 yards, just made the biggest grab of his life for 38 yards.
Ravens runners seem to have it right down the inside of the numbers, and again, this is the second time they're going after Jason Sehorn.
And a perfectly thrown ball this time by Trent Dilford, but Matt, this is what I'm talking about.
The Giants are electing to play man coverage, forcing Trent Dilford to make the plays.
Stokely gets right away from Sehorn, right up the numbers, and a beautifully thrown ball.
A point after for Stover out of the hole, the Richardson and the Ravens take the lead, 7-0, with 6.50 to go in the first quarter.
They jumped into the outside, expecting help to the inside out of the safety as they went left to right.
It didn't happen.
They beat them with a perfect throw down the middle, good protection, 7-0 to Baltimore.
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Two plays, 41 yards in just 40 seconds.
Gilsburg to Stokely for the game's first score.
Let's go down to James Watson. James?
Well, you're not really going down to me because you can wander around the stadium.
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Believe it or not, I'm in a box with Coach Don Schuola and Joe Namath,
two combatants from Super Bowl III, Joe Namath first.
We all know about the guarantee. You guys won, all that.
What's your assessment of the quarterback's play on this field in the first quarter so far?
Well, you know, James, as a quarterback, you're a receiver.
We know we've got to have the help up front to get the job done.
Right now that giant line is not giving Collins certainly the time.
And Dilfer and this offensive game plan that they have going is terrific.
He missed Stokely once for that long touchdown.
He could have had over C-1 and then hit him a second time.
Right now Baltimore is doing everything it seems like they want to do
and certainly winning the battle field position.
Yeah, field position exactly right. Matt Stover just kicked off to Rod Dixon.
Great coverage by the Ravens again.
Ball inside the 15-yard line.
This has to be a coach's dream or a coach's nightmare, Don Schuola.
If you are the coach on the giant sideline, what do you do now?
It's a nightmare. You know, they were backed up on their own one-yard line before
and then they got a penalty on first down back to the half-yard line.
They came out with a first down and got them a little better field position,
but the Ravens are just controlling the field position.
And then they had the big play with Dilfer throwing the bomb.
I remember a couple of Miami golfing defenses like this.
Back to you guys in the booth.
Alright, James. Colin Spro's on time to Camelo who gets hit after a couple of yards.
Boy, Boomer and I spent some time with the great Don Schuola on Friday.
We could have spoken with him for 10, 11, 12 hours.
Instead we had to talk to 10, 11, 12 radio stations that day
thanks to Howie Denteroff, our producer.
But you know, the thing was...
You sound bitter about that.
A little bit, but when I listen to Joe Namath, he talks about the offensive line.
And right now the offensive line of the Giants, he's exactly right,
is getting beaten to the point right now by this defensive line of the Ravens, Matt.
Second down and eight for the Giants in the road 16.
And the Ravens' confidence is taking another pop upstairs as Barber tries to sweep left.
Not much. Beautiful. Ray Lewis cuts him down at the 18-yard line.
What we had, a very confident group of this Raven team all week long
and certainly what has happened so far has not stopped their confidence.
What they're trying to do though, Howard, down here is they can't run inside.
So now they're trying to get to the edge.
And they're doing it by trying to take the outside blocks and get angles on them.
But the pursuit of this defense and that good job of Ray Lewis,
they don't let anybody get to him.
He just ran from the inside out.
But credit Macalester for holding the edge and allowing Ray Lewis to be able to make that play.
First time the Giants have trailed in postseason in this third game for them.
Mitchell, the tight end in motion. Collins rolling right.
Trying to take off and run with it and slides at the 20-yard line.
So the Giants go three and out.
Well, you know what they were trying to do there?
They're trying to do a little shovel pass to keep Barber underneath Burnett.
But this time Burnett stays tight to the line of scrimmage.
And Terry Collins has no choice but to try to run around the end.
Right, and he's speeding himself up and he's got to slow himself down.
Well, the defense is certainly just absolutely in the face of every Giant player.
As soon as they touch the ball in that last play when Tiki Barber tried to get outside,
that is the beauty of Ray Lewis, that middle linebacker.
He has the speed to get outside and make that tackle at the line of scrimmage.
Third three and out in four possessions for the Giants.
Nothing new for Baltimore. They have forced three and outs 45% of the time this year.
A short kick, relatively speaking, by Maynard.
Lewis feels it, then mucks it.
And I think the Ravens, that's loose again.
I think the Ravens though have recovered it, but inside their own 30-yard line.
And look where it is. It's right on the sideline.
That time a great punt by Brad Maynard.
He cut the field all the way down to the sideline and the Giants were right there, Matt.
This way you give the punt returner only one way to go with the football.
And if the Giants are getting down the field the way they did on that time,
this is exactly what could happen. They could force turnover.
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The Ravens with their worst starting field position at their own 28-yard line.
48-yard punt by Maynard before the muck by Jermaine Lewis.
The Ravens start out at their own 28-yard line, first and 10 with a 7-0 lead.
And we're going to get a false start against Baltimore.
Now to me, I never quite figured that out.
How could you get a false start on the first play of the night?
64 offense, 5 yards, and still first down.
Well, that's a good question, Howard. I often wondered that myself many times.
Usually the quarterback goes in there and says, OK, guys, it's on one just to get things rolling.
But in this kind of game, the one thing we do know is that these guys are so jacked up
that there's going to be penalties, especially penalties like this, especially early in the game.
Yeah, but it should be over by now. It's a four-minute mark.
You see your gut should be settled down.
These are that three penalties for 20 yards. They go out of the eye.
And they try to hand it off on a straight dive to Jamal Lewis.
He doesn't get much, maybe a yard. Michael Barrow meets him head on.
Boy, that's a nice job of Jesse Armstead and Michael Barrow.
They try a simple isolation as they're going left to right.
They tried to hit it just right inside.
And Barrow and Armstead hit it beautifully right inside. Love that.
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Giants have allowed just two runs longer than 20 yards all year long.
Jamal Lewis in the postseason is only averaging three yards per carry.
He's got a mismatch out here with Sam Gardner and the slot receiver.
Delphar on the handoff, straight ahead.
Lewis, not much, maybe another yard.
Michael Strahan is there to meet him.
You know, I would have thought that Brian Billig saw Trento for throwing that fall
for the touchdown of Stokely over Seeharns,
that he would give him an opportunity to come out here and now throw during this series.
Now, it's third and 11.
This is not what you want to be against a defense like the Giants.
You know, conservative is one thing.
I guess maybe he feels like he has enough points on the board, Matt.
He might.
And, you know, he does have time on his side.
You only have three and a half, four quarters.
He's still pitching the shutout.
Cornelius Griffin, the rookie defensive end for Matt Obamas in the game for the Giants.
Delphar backs the throw on third and 11.
A lot of time.
Throws it out to the left low ball, incomplete, looking for Stokely.
And the Reabons go three and out.
Well, that's the Trento for that everybody's been, been booing for the last few years.
But he had Shannon Sharp wide open about eight yards underneath Stokely.
He just throws it to Shannon Sharp.
You are funny.
What are you talking about?
Because I've seen the same thing.
The guy is wide open.
You figure to yourself, you know what?
Just calm down, see the guy throw the ball.
It looks easy from up here.
I know that.
And I'm probably.
He had a lot of time.
He did have a lot of time.
Very good block.
How about Ike Hilliard now going to return the punt.
Richardson who's punted extremely well thus far in his first quarter.
Good snap from center.
And Richardson lays the wood to the leather and drives it deep upfield.
Hilliard at the 20.
Nice move on the first tackler.
He's to the 35 and finally forced out of bounds.
That's a 39-yard line of the Giants.
Boy that was a heck of a move by Ike Hilliard.
A 16-yard return of a 53-yard kick.
And finally some breathing room for the Giants offense.
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Ron Dane comes in for the Giants and two tight ends, Dan Campbell and Howard Cross.
And as the Giants start to drive at their own 39, moving from right to left on your radio.
7-0 Baltimore, first quarter.
Cross in motion.
Collins play action, looking middle, throwing deep down the middle of the ballpark and incomplete.
He had Hilliard. He had him on a post and just let him too long.
He let it go just as he was letting it go.
He got hit right around the legs.
But I'll tell you when he let it go I thought it was going to be a touchdown, Matt.
He had a shot.
Ike Hilliard didn't lay out for this ball and I don't know why.
He makes an outside move and then comes back inside and it's running straight down the middle of the field.
Ran right by Kim Herring who was playing center field.
He got to the inside of Starks.
Herring got up too tight but McCrary hit him like he said on the feet as he was getting ready to throw.
Like the call though on first down.
Herring has not played in the postseason.
He's missed a couple of games with a sore ankle.
Collins pumping left, throws right.
The screen, the barber tries to cut back and falls down.
Oh great play though by Ray Lewis.
Spot off, two blockers in the open field.
And yes he did slip but Lewis was right there on top of it to set up this third down.
So it'll be two minutes and ten seconds remaining in the first quarter.
The Ravens with a 7-0 lead on the touchdown pass.
The Brandon Stokely.
I think if Tiki Barber doesn't slip down maybe he's able to get away because,
you're right, Ray Lewis did fight off two offensive linemen right in his face.
It was a nice play splitting those guys but I think it caused Tiki's slip.
He was able to make the play.
Oh yeah.
Well the Ravens looking to put pressure on Kerry Collins out of his shotgun.
Blitz is on.
Collins steps up, hairs it out deep down the right and he overthrows his receiver,
Omani Tumer by a mile.
It was a zone blitz, boom.
It was a zone blitz.
This time Ray Lewis gets back there to Kerry Collins and hits him as he throws the football.
But you know what?
I think we're seeing what Jim Fossil has decided to do offensively.
We're going to throw the ball down the field and sooner or later we're going to hit one of these.
He just has to hope that Brian Billich plays offense like he did the last series.
Run, run and then try to pass.
Put the ball ahead of his quarterback on third down.
Put it in his hands on first down.
It's a little bit different opportunities for you.
Giants have gone three and out, four out of their five drives.
Mena with a very short punt.
Fair catch called for by Lewis.
They let it hit and it dies at about the 23 yard line of the Baltimore Ravens.
Let's go down to John Dockery.
Dockery.
You know Howard you've been talking about the field position.
Obviously the Ravens in a plus field position yardage.
It's no different from the three games they had, playoff games.
Their average start turned those three playoff games to 40 yard line.
The opponents to 26 yard line.
Now that 14 yard difference supports Billich's formula for success.
Great defense, outstanding special teams, field position and opportunistic offense.
We've missed three opportunities so far.
High formation behind Bilford from his own 23.
He's going to pass on first down.
Steps up the throw.
Here's it out, got him in.
The defensive back fell down.
And Bilford threw the ball out of bounds.
The pass intended for Patrick Johnson died a miserable death out of bounds.
Two things here.
Number one, I have no idea what Jason Sehorn is thinking about tonight.
He's not.
Three times he's been beat.
And I mean beat seriously.
Johnson runs past him again.
It's a little stop and go.
Jason slips, tries to get up, tries to trip him.
Misses it.
This guy is running wide open Matt.
And Trent Dilford throws it out of bounds.
And this is why Trent Dilford has heard the boo.
Opportunity number four.
Dilford two for eight for 42 yards.
One of those passes was for 38 in the touchdown.
And off the Lewis running left across the 25 and gang tackled by Big Blue.
At the 26 yard line by Sean Williams who leads the charge.
If I were Dilford right, if I was Brian Billich, I'd go after Jason Sehorn.
I'd go after Jason Sehorn right now because his confidence, I mean just the way he's carrying himself,
he's doubting himself right now.
And I'd go right after him.
Patrick Johnson has ran past him twice now.
Stokely ran past him on the inside.
I would think that this is where your best, I don't know what's going on with Jason Sehorn right now.
Well he's messed up man outside with no help from the safety.
And you talked about they wanted to go after Dave Thomas which seemed to be the plan.
They're going right after Jason Sehorn.
Blitz on, Dilford throws out to the left with the low ball again.
Incomplete.
Wide open.
And he was looking again for Patrick Johnson.
How many low balls has Dilford run?
And Dilford wobbling as he goes back to the Baltimore sideline.
He's wobbling because he wants everybody to know that he was hit by Michael Strahan as he released the football.
You know what?
And I mean it wasn't that bad of a hit at all.
You know what?
It's not that bad.
But I will tell you this.
That that guy was wide open again.
Again was he wide open.
And Jason Sehorn fell down again.
That's right buddy.
I know you can make that through in your sleep.
Please wake up.
Richardson with another good punt.
Hilliard, James Zuckerman at the 28 yard line running right.
Across the 35 to the 40.
And spilled at about the 41 yard line by the Ravens.
Jamie Sharper a 44 yard kick.
But a 13 yard return and the Giants have good field position.
With 18 seconds to go in the first quarter they trail 7-0.
It should be 21 to nothing.
Trent Dilford should have 250 yards passing and the game should be over.
And not in that order.
And thank God for the Giants that it's not happening.
It's not happening.
It's one out of eight or one out of nine passes.
Let me go back to this thing.
We said at the start it's going to come down to missed opportunities.
Those are counted as mistakes.
And there are four missed opportunities here today by Dilford.
I want to see the Giants continue to do what they've been trying to do.
And that's throw the ball down the field.
Four man front for Baltimore.
They're going to run with bombers straight ahead.
Trying to test the heart of that Baltimore line and they get nowhere.
Well, we're coming down to the end of the first quarter.
But only once over the last 12 Silver Balls has the team that trailed after the first quarter gone on to win the game.
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It doesn't matter just throw it.
Got you covered.
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Most notably of course the NFC Championship game against Philadelphia where they won 41-0.
Well they're 41 points behind that total right now.
It's 7-0 Baltimore as we start the second quarter.
Collins out of his shotgun, second and nine.
Curls over the middle and behind the receiver, I. Killiard who's just got tattooed by Jamie Sharper across the middle.
I don't know what these quarterbacks on these two teams have around their eyes but it certainly isn't eyeglasses because I don't know what they're looking at.
I mean they're, he almost got I. Killiard killed running across the middle.
Yes he did and it would have been his fault though, the ball gets tipped at the line of Scrimmage by Syragusa.
You know, I understand, a lot of pressure.
I've been in this situation myself, didn't have the greatest game in my life but there are guys that are open.
I mean, I think these receivers are probably going to be looking at themselves going what do we have to do?
Just got to slow themselves down.
Kerry Collins got to slow themselves down.
Third down and nine and the all out blitz is coming, they pick it up as Collins throws, incomplete.
Intended for I. Killiard who seemingly had the defense beaten but the ball not on target and again the Giants go fling it out.
Well the amazing thing is that I. Killiard actually was in on that play because he almost got decapitated on the play before but just another seam pattern right up the middle.
That's exactly the touchdown pass that he caught against the Minnesota Vikings, that same thing.
This time there's an actual real free safety on the field and his name is Rod Woodson.
And Robert Bailey who's been around this league for a while had his coverage from the outside and didn't allow that ball.
Tenth punt of the game.
Maynard gets this one away and this is a good kick.
Fair catch ball for by Lewis who hauls it in at the 14 yard line.
Most punts in the Super Bowl, 15.
We've already had 10 on this one.
That's a 45 yard kick.
And we have 14 minutes and 41 seconds to go in the second quarter.
We've got some great offense going down here boys.
This could be 30 punts today before it's all over.
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Well, Boomer and Matt, I know we've seen some shaky play by the quarterback so far,
but I've also on the sidelines seen both head coaches trying to calm their guys down when they come off the field.
And I really believe it's going to be the first quarterback who's able to, I guess, hold his lunch down a little better and find some of these guys who are open in the secondary.
That's the guy who's really going to be successful.
But I think the defenses have done a good job with that extra week off and mixing the coverages up a little bit, because I've seen quarterbacks, they stick their eyes to one side and they get blinded by what's around them.
So they're really not seeing the open guys.
Trent Dilfer obviously has missed some open receivers, but Terry Collins, he's throwing off his back foot, throwing from the backpedal.
Neither guy feels comfortable in the pocket or in this ballgame.
So far, a total of 82 yards of this game, 54 by Baltimore, 38 on one play.
Two tight ends, Coates and Shark for Baltimore.
The handoff, the Lowers trying to run left across the 15-yard line and Yang tackled it to 16, led by Ryan Phillips.
Well, you're talking about these two quarterbacks.
They were both first-round picks, but both failed with the teams that drafted them.
And there's no question that they've resurrected themselves and they've done it great and everything's fine that they're here.
And we talked about this, Matt, all week long.
The one quarterback with the iron-clad stomach, the guy that's going to be able to handle his failures and his team's failures as this game goes on, the best,
just like James said, will be able to weather that storm and then come back and hopefully lead his team to victory.
But at this point, I can't even tell you which one it's going to be.
Second down and nine, and Dilfer wants to throw.
Out to the left, throws and connects.
Short pick up to the tight end, Bing Coates, the former.
The England Patriot who makes the catch at the 19-yard line after a pick up of three.
So now let's go to the other side of the football.
And it's just like we thought, Boomer, that both these defenses are playing very, very well.
And the one thing I've got to say is, is Trent Dilfer has had some time.
He's had time and opportunity where Kerry Collins has not had the time and he has been rushing himself.
They did do a good job earlier of getting him on the edge to try to buy a little bit of time.
Right now, I think the advantage goes to Dilfer in terms of having the opportunity to throw.
Stokely in the game is a wide out. He's hurt the Giants already.
Back to pass, Dilfer.
Throws it out to the left, the catch is made and squirming for a first down.
After the catch, it is complete to Patrick Johnson.
Again, time to throw, Boom.
Time to protect him pretty well. He's able to find you underneath, make the throw.
And he threw it nicely. Threw it decisively.
Didn't look like he let it go and was wondering where it was going to come down.
It was a nice throw by Tantow for that time.
But again, we're talking about the defenses.
Everybody has pretty much shown up for the Giants with the exception of Jason Teehorn.
I mean, now he made, he blew three coverages.
Yes, he did.
And lucky. Seven-nothing Baltimore right there.
Go ahead. Seven-nothing Baltimore in the second quarter.
Two and a half gone by.
A handoff. Jamal Lewis straight ahead and he is hit immediately by Jack Golden.
All the runbacks are going to be hit immediately today.
That's just the way it's going to be.
If you love defense and you love the way that teams rally to the football,
you like physical football, which I think, Matt, you probably prefer,
this is a thing of beauty to you guys who are defensive purists.
And the other part of it, you have to remember, in every defensive scheme,
there's going to be a weakness in the scheme and time will give your quarterback the opportunity to find it.
Second down and seven for the Ravens. They lead seven-nothing.
They're at their own 29. Dilfer rolling right.
A rarity for him. Running out of room and just throws it away as he was being chased to the sideline.
Well, again, they rolled to try to buy some time, but he got pressure from the inside out.
It was only a two-receiver out.
One down the sideline and another one back to the inside.
Well covered. He had nowhere to go with it and had to just throw it away.
And Jesse Armstead just absolutely levels Trent Dilfer on the sideline.
They also take out an official who almost blows his knee out.
Dilfer said earlier this week, my legacy is I want to be the quarterback of the team that wins the Super Bowl in spite of its quarterback.
That's not the way to go into a game, do you think?
Those aren't very high aspirations, I'll tell you that.
No matter how bad I was, I wouldn't be saying that.
I'd be saying I'm going to win the game for the team somehow.
But that's just me, right guys? You're a very low-key guy though.
Dilfer with a deep drop in trouble and gets sacked back at the 20.
First sack of Dilfer and it's recorded by who else?
Michael Strahan who's had an outstanding postseason.
But it really should go to Michael Barrow because Barrow came around the edge.
Strahan came to the inside. He forced him to step up to the pocket.
And because Barrow missed him, Strahan can get the sack.
You've got to love what Strahan does. He jumps into Harry Swain.
He grabs him and doesn't allow Swain to come off because he knows that Barrow's coming around.
And that's good team defense, Matt. Pick tough, that's what it's called.
Richardson with a kick, a wobbly kick.
It hits at the 45 of the Giants and dies at the 40-yard line.
So the Giants will get terrific field position after just a 39-yard kick.
But Baltimore has a 7-0 lead with 11.22 to go and a half.
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Well, the Baltimore defense has allowed only 165 points this year, breaking the record of 187 by the 86 Bears.
Also, Tennessee yielded just 191 points, third-fewest all-time.
As a matter of fact, whoever wins this game will have given up the fewest points of any Superball winner in history.
Well, you know, the interesting thing is we only had a 39-yard punt by Richardson, and that's probably because he's tired.
That's part of the game plan. Wear the punter out.
Wear him down, baby.
Eleven punts in this game already. Seven-nothing Baltimore. Collins rolling right.
Being chased from behind is a flag down, and Collins runs out of room as he was being chased by Sam Adams from the backside.
We're going to get holding against Baltimore, I think, in the secondary.
Yeah, you are. It's on the linebacker back underneath. It's Cornell Brown. He got his hands on Ike Hilliard underneath.
You can get a jam at five yards. You just can't get a grab at five yards.
They were going to roll that back out. I like the adjustment here, Bull.
They're not handling the inside rush, so they're rolling them out to the outside.
Flag is against Baltimore. Defensive holding, automatic first down for the Giants.
We have 11-15 to play on the half, and the Ravens have a seven-nothing lead.
And I agree with you, Matt. First down, throw the football. They're not having any success whatsoever running it up in the middle.
And I have to believe by watching the way the offense has tried to do it for the Giants,
they think that they're going to put it in Kerry Collins' hands and let him throw the football.
They have kind of consciously stayed away from Lamonti Tumor, the Giants, for whatever the reason.
They're a wide receiver. They're big receivers. Collins backs, looks right, in trouble, gets away, and just throws it away.
And there's a flag down. We meet it. Another holding call against Baltimore's secondary.
That's exactly what you're going to get, and it's down against...
Is it against the Starks? Tumor is against the Starks, right? Yeah, it was a smart play by Collins.
He kind of saw what was going on. He just threw it.
And you take a shot. If you have time to see that, to see it happening downfield, developing for you, why not give it a shot?
Well, the thing is, he wasn't really getting much time. He had to avoid a rush and just took a step.
And actually, he just threw it. He didn't see what the heck was going on. Sam Adams beat the guard like a drum.
Oh, you can see exactly what Starks just runs right into. I kill you as he's trying to get down the field.
And many of us think this is the best way to go after the Ravens. Just keep throwing it downfield.
Maybe it's a big play by your receiver. Maybe it's a great throw by your quarterback.
It also can be an interference or a penalty downfield against one of these defensive backs of the Ravens.
Two bumps in a row. They picked up 10 yards. They still have first down.
And they haven't done anything offensively.
At the 50-yard line, that's five penalties. First time for the Giants to the 50-yard line.
Hilliard in motion. The pitch wide, the bar, the reverse to Hilliard. The pitch back to Collins.
Looking deep. Throws deep down the right. A jump ball to jump up forward. It is incomplete.
And even if it were complete, it would have been out of bounds.
Nicely done by Michael McCrary. Good discipline of the defense.
They try to go double reverse and then throw it back to Collins.
McCrary stayed as deep as the deepest. And because he was there, he forced Collins to throw the ball a little sooner than he had to.
Giants are going left to right. Like they said, they came one way and then back the other way.
Nicely done by McCrary. You know, they're trying to do anything.
And Jim Fossil is trying to get anything done that can relieve some of the pressure down the field.
And the secondary is not fighting into any of it.
Second and 10 for the Giants at the 50-yard line. Seven-nothing Baltimore. Collins has to throw.
Throws out to the right. It is tipped and intercepted. Off the deflection by Jamie Schauffer.
It was Ray Lewis who deflected it and Schauffer comes up with the game's first turnover.
And that is just well done. Now here's the secret to what's going on right now. Schauffer gets his pick.
See, they don't have to commit anybody to the run game. They don't even need seven-boom.
They can go ahead with six and handle what's happening up front.
And that means you have more people in the secondary. And all it was, he's going to try to hit a slant to the inside.
But Ray Lewis got his hand up, knocked the thing in the air, and then Schauffer came down with it.
You know, but Matt, you talked about Kerry Gonson. He's got to slow himself down.
If he just hangs on for a touch, he has his tight end Dan Campbell wide open in between.
Right in between the middle of the field and he doesn't do it. All together now.
All together now, Simon Gonson.
And that's the start. DeLuther trying to set up the screen. It's picked off as a flat down. But going for a touchdown is Jesse Armstead.
If it stands up. Hold on, it's going to happen. They tackled the receiver, Jamal Lewis.
In the backfield. And it was Michael Barrow who tackled him.
And I'm not so sure that's not going to come back for interference on the receiver.
Looking at Strahan's reaction and reading his body language, this one's going to come back.
The Giants had a touchdown and now they're going to have to give it back.
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Oh, now we get it.
DeLuther, Jamal Lewis.
You know, the thing here guys is, it's a play that they very, it's infrequently called.
And this is the defense's best way to screw up the screen is to grab the running back.
They're always on the throw to the ground.
The thing that really is just unbelievably bad is that Trent Ilford just arbitrarily just throws the ball out there like for no reason.
And if you're Brian Billig, I think you just turn around and hand it to Jamal Lewis the rest of the game until you have to throw it now.
You detect a little frustration on number seven's mart over here?
No. There's a handoff. Delores trying to run left.
Breaks a tackle inside the 40 and drives over Garns for a first down.
Well, Boomi, he must have been listening to you. He said, forget it. This stiff can't do anything. Hand it off to the other guy.
You know, Matt, I mean, watching this up here, I mean, it's just amazing to watch how guys are wide open, wide open and he's not hitting them.
And then when he does finally hit somebody, he hits a guy in the blue right in the chest.
But it was well thrown and he did run a good route.
Jesse Armstead, look, perfect route.
Yes. Nine minutes to go in the first half. Seven nothing Baltimore. They're trying to add more to it.
That was the longest run of the game. Eleven yards.
Johnson in motion. A handoff to Lewis running left and he gets dropped in his tracks after a gain of a yard by Keith Hamilton.
You know what goes into a game plan like this?
A coach is on the sideline and he's watching his quarterback and he's watching how he's playing, how he's executing just the simple plays.
And neither one of these quarterbacks is executing those plays on a consistent basis today.
Much like Kerry Collins did two weeks ago against the Vikings, Sean Payton saw that he was on.
So he kept giving them opportunities.
I think Brian Doak is really going to hold the tent here and be extremely conservative on offense.
Second and ten. They call it no gain on the play. Four made, giant front.
Guilford back to thrall. Sprints out of the pocket and runs into his own man and gets dropped for a loss by Strahan at the forty two and Cornelius Griffith.
My God, he's. Two coverage also down the field. And former looking at one guy, Matt. Right now, I think.
There's two guys. There's three guys out there. If you'd asked Brian Billich about his quarterback's execution, I think he'd be all for it.
Look, is that exactly right? But you're in the right town to say that to me.
That's exactly why I said it. I mean, it's painful because quarterbacks have to go through their progression.
You can't just sit there and look at one guy. If he's not open, go to number two. If number two is not open, go to number three.
It's not that hard. Third down with 19, however, third and 13 for Baltimore.
Three holes in the game and running back is Guilford with a deep drop. Throws as he's hit and the ball is dropped by Shannon Sharp, who started a run before he caught it.
And so the Giants dodge a little bit of a bullet and the punting unit will come on as Hamilton had pressure on Guilford.
Nice job by the Giants defense in the zone. But more importantly, they're getting pressure on Guilford with only four people.
And that's important. And if you look real close, you can see that Shannon Sharp was talking to the ball and it was coming to him.
There's some trash talking going on. Yes, he probably did.
Well, the ball could have fit in his mouth by the way. He's been talking all week.
Well, I shouldn't be frustrated because I talked about this all week that each one of these quarterbacks are going to have failures during the game.
It's just that I couldn't believe that they're having the type of failures that they're having.
Regents hit the punt to T.P. Barber and sends this one airborne. Barber at the 15.
Baer catches it there. A 26 yard punt, but there is a flag down. It's against the Giants.
Well, we have a 7-0 Baltimore lead.
Number 25, get in the kick.
Happy to miss the goal. First down.
The penalty is on the Giants. And so instead of the 15 yard line, it'll be about the seven and a half.
It's Ramos McDonald that's called for the flag.
7-0 Baltimore with 8.24 to go first half.
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Giants start again deep in their own territory at the 8th.
They might not be able to afford that though.
And Collins, the throw on first down, throws out to the right and makes the connection to about the 14 yard line
to Amani Tumer who against Minnesota had six receptions for 88 yards and one touchdown.
Ian Hilliard just tore up the Minnesota secondary, but this is a far different football team they are playing today.
Alright, this looks good. This is a nice easy out pattern.
It's a throw that you throw about 100 times in practice every day to get back to the basics.
They caught Baltimore blitzing, they max protect, Collins steps back, delivers it on time,
and a nicely thrown ball with a nicely executed route.
Into the foul five. Collins under center, takes the snap, looks to the left, down to the middle,
throws over the middle and the catch is made by Amani Tumer across the 30 yard line.
Wayne Starks makes the tackle. That's a great job by Tumer.
The ball thrown a little bit behind and enough for a giant first down, 19 yards of the play.
Had him in his zone and they knew they had his zone. They motioned out to the left side.
Linebacker walks so you knew you were going to be okay to that side.
So it's just a matter of protection and they're doing a good job because Sam Adams is really getting a good push inside on this line.
Another nice throw by Kerry Collins though. Both on first down, let's see if they continue it.
Joe Montgomery in the game is running back, he gets the call, trying to run straight ahead and gets spilled that for virtually no game by Bullwair and Lewis.
I guess you feel like you have to try to run it. Maybe a miracle will happen and nobody will be there when he gets to the line of scrimmage, but that's not going to be the case.
Matt? Yes. There's a dripping sarcasm here. No, not from our crew. No being facetious.
John? No, right. Rob Burnett has got to see this and start throwing the football. Keep it going. He's got a little juice going right now.
Slow himself down a little bit because Rob Burnett is playing very well as is Sam Adams on that left side.
Seven minutes left on the half, seven nothing Baltimore. Giants second and ten at their own 32 yard line. Big push off the middle.
Collins throws and connects to his tight end. Howard Cross, the only remaining giant from Super Bowl 25.
I like going to your tight end. Once you start getting your tight end involved, start holding those backers and that safety.
Now Howard Cross isn't going to beat you, but he can give you five yards like this and create this third short.
Game of eight on the play. Third down is the quarterback's down and one of the reasons I don't like to run on first down is because you know what?
You're not getting anywhere. It's almost like you're giving a down back to the defense. Three wides for the Giants now.
Collins sends Tumor in motion to the right. Ravens showing blitz.
We may get some contact. There's contact up the middle from Sam Adams. If it's against the Ravens, it's a first down for the Giants.
All right, Matt, this is what I love. Kerry Collins using a long count, trying to get somebody off sides and I think it works this time.
You should do that. Sam Adams getting too good of a jump in front.
And Crocher, 95 defense, five yards. The Golden plays a first down.
Let me ask you this, Boombl. Players talk about at this stage of the year, we're not going to change very much.
Now what about the cadence? What about the count? That will never change. It's how you use the count and Kerry is very smart.
Now I don't know if you got that from Sean Payton on the sideline saying, hey, use the count in this situation just to remind him.
But third and two, you've got a very active defensive front. The quarterback knows that as part of his game plan coming into the game.
And he executed it just right. First and 10, the Giants now at the roll 45. They're moving from left to right on your radio.
What's on? Collins running away from the defense. We're going to throw it on the run and just throws it low to the outside where only the receiver could catch it.
But it's incomplete looking for Hilliard and he was being pressured from the back by Peter Boulware. Peter Boulware lined up on the left out.
And then forces Collins back out to the right side, puts him on the run only to force that in completion.
Second and 10 now for the Giants at the roll 45. 541 left first half. Seven nothing Baltimore.
And an empty backfield on second down. I like it, Howard. Four man front for Baltimore. Collins, a blitz on, throws and connects.
After a first down for the Giants in Baltimore territory, Rod Woodson with a tackle on Ike Hilliard. And the Giants for the first time today are in Baltimore territory.
All right. This is a giant offense that we saw executing against the Minnesota Vikings two weeks ago. Second down, spread him out.
Five wide. Put Sherry Collins back in the shotgun so the blitz can't get to him. And he sees it. It's right in his face.
He knows he's going to get hit as he releases the football. Another nicely thrown ball and a nice catch by Ike Hilliard. Tough catch over the middle.
They'll spread him out like you said to him and they brought the blitz inside. But he's back in that shotgun and can see it.
The double loop tight end and Moshe Collins back to throw again. Rose and Sean, it's deflected, incomplete and nearly intercepted by Ray Lewis.
It was deflected at the line of scrimmage by Larry Webster. Webster got his hand on it. But here's what's happening right now.
The Giants have them a little bit on their heels and they have to take advantage of it. Keep it going. Keep throwing the football.
That time just trying to throw a little hits pattern to Tiki Barber. He hits Webster right in the middle of the helmet.
Webster's a big man, but you got to be able to see that. Rose, how could he miss it?
Look at the size of his head. He did go to Maryland. See the size of that man's head.
Second down and 10 for the Giants. Half a 44 of Baltimore. Collins back to throw. Flushed out of the pocket and sacked by Keith Washington.
Second sack of Collins and the Baltimore defense known for their pressure on the quarterback. Get to Collins this time.
He beat him too. Washington did a good job. First he was going to try to quick right there, but it was nothing going.
He had to pull it back down and Lomas Brown got overpowered by Washington.
This is kind of tough on the tackle because as he tries to roll back out to the left side, Washington just can draw from H to play.
The Giants now with three wide outs. Jarrah Vicious in wide to the right. Mitchell the tight end and the slack to the right.
It's third and 20 for the Giants. At their own 46. Four man Baltimore front. They draw to Barber running right 45 and hit.
At the Baltimore 42 yard line, a game of about 12 yards, but an eight yard shy of a first down.
There's nothing wrong with that. Third and 20. Maybe you pop a draw. They did. They got 15 yards on the play, so not a bad play at all.
Now you give. Now it's up to Maynard to put him inside the 10 yard line. Forget about the 20 inside the 10.
And then the Giants defense has got to come on the field and use its timeouts and stuff them.
You have four and a half minutes right here, but that was a positive right there. First positive offensively we've seen all night.
Ravens leads seven nothing. Brad Maynard's upon a good snap from center.
It kicks it to the right and hangs and is caught by Jermaine Lewis at about the 12 yard line.
So it's seven nothing Baltimore after a 30 yard kick. We have four or nine to go until halftime.
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Well, the guy that has the record for most touchdown passes in the Super Bowl is Steve Young, who did it in ninety five against San Diego.
I think that record saved James. What do you think?
Yeah, I don't think anybody will throw six touchdown passes. I don't think both teams are combined for that.
Steve Young, is it the lack of quarterback play or is it the great defenses in this ballgame?
I think it's probably a little bit of both. I mean, both teams are kind of playing to their personality.
We probably won't have a perfect 50 percent passer in the Super Bowl, and I don't think that's going to shock anybody.
Although the Giants are shocked with how much they're throwing the football. The big play, and Boomer will know this, holding on a screen call.
You never get that call. That should have been seven the other way.
And what would you do if you were Trent Dillford being the next buck in your quarterback?
I'd just play it tight to the vest with this defense. I don't know how much more he needs to do.
Dillford throws out to the left and the catch is made by Brandon Stokely. It's a 19 yard line. Let's go back to James.
Steve Young predicted it exactly right. He played it tight to the vest and that little pass out in the flat.
Steve Young, any favorite in this ballgame for you?
Well, I think if Kerry can get through the jitters and there's almost interceptions and one, he's throwing the ball plenty.
I like the dynamic offense the Giants are trying to throw up. A couple big plays could make this game go either way.
Now, thanks for your time. It looked like you had fun with that Caesar salad.
Where is he? Is he in a restaurant?
No wonder Millen likes him.
Second down and four, the handoff to Lewis straight ahead, hung down at the 20 yard line by Ryan Phillips.
The Ravens will be faced with a third down and about two with 323 and counting left in the first half.
Baltimore has a 7-0 lead.
Steve Young is exactly right. We talked about it. You never get that holding call on a screen.
In the Super Bowl, they called it and they kept it from being a touchdown. It was the correct call.
During the season, you never get that call.
This is a big down right here for the New York Giants defense and it's third and about two.
Big down for Trent Dillford right here.
Four-man giant front, shark in motion to the right. Dillford back to pass, has time.
Here's it out, down on the left side and the catch is made.
Andre Esmael first down at the giant 36 yard line as he beats Dave Thomas for 44 yards.
You know the interesting thing, Matt, Dave Thomas lined up one on one with Esmael down on the left side.
It's a mismatch because Esmael can run right past him.
But third and two, you're not thinking that your quarterback is going to take this kind of risk, this deep in your own zone.
He had Shannon Sharp for a first down, five yards. He caught a break by doing this.
He also brought some pressure. He brought a blitz to the inside. That surprised me.
Nice throw. It was a great throw.
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First and ten, Baltimore at the giant 36 yard line.
Dilfer on the draw, Lewis trying to run left and cut down at the 35 yard line by Michael Barrow.
That will take us to the two minute warning.
Baltimore leading 7-0.
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Second down, Guilford throws over the middle.
And complete had Kadri Ismael open at the 15-yard line.
Ismael, all week long, has been saying, my name is Kadri.
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Did I say it? No, I didn't say it.
Oh, you're talking about Quadri? Quadri, right.
He's in a Quadri over missing that Quadri pass.
Because he had him on his wide open on the inside against the zone, and he had time.
And again, the ball just kind of took off.
And Guilford's not throwing the ball well at all tonight.
Well, except for two balls. Except for two.
One for a touchdown and one for a nice little gain on third and two of all times.
Big down here for the Giants on third and ten.
Guilford, 6 of 16 for 102 yards.
Last time they came at the Blitz, Guilford back.
They pick it up, they swing it out of the backfield to Jermaine Lewis,
who gets to about the 30 and gets out of bounds with a minute and 48 remaining in the half.
7-0 Baltimore. Let's go down to John Dockery.
Dockery, you know, Howard, one thing fairly obvious is a fight breaking out in the sidelines along here.
Right now, the Giants are all just right in front of him.
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Get in there, Doc. Get in there.
Look at this, it's still going up.
Get in there, Doc. Get in there.
Hit him first, Doc.
Hit and swing. Tell them who you are, Doc.
I'll tell them I'm Matt Millen. Come on, I'm chopping him down.
In the middle of the rush.
That's right Johnny on the spot right there.
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Got a little nasty there for a minute.
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And the Ravens now going to try a field goal for Matt Stover of 47 yards.
Angle right.
They try to give the Ravens a ten-point lead, placement down.
The kick is away. It is long enough and it is good.
Well, the Ravens come away with a ten-nothing lead with still 141 remaining.
And now we go back to what you were saying early on.
The first team to ten.
Would that be too different?
Was it too much now for the Giants to overcome?
Still a little bit too early.
I will say this. There's been two plays on offense all night long.
Both of them belong to Dilfer. Both turned into points.
Again, we go back to the officiating man in our crew right now, John Dockery.
I had intended to make a point before you guys so rudely interrupted and that fight broke out down here.
I was going to say it's becoming fairly obvious.
Giants cornerbacks and secondaries having trouble with the outside speed of the Ravens.
You know, I've been watching Jason Seelon and he seems flat most of the game.
Yeah, he was beaten early by Stokely, but now he looks somewhat tentative.
Having a good big cushion and having problems.
I just don't know what's the matter with him.
And hey, you guys know that as a cornerback, you better have a tall ego and a short memory.
Seelon and Thomas have to forget what happened to them so far and get back in this game.
Well, Jason Seelon has been beaten three times.
Stover to kick it off, either Dixon or Washington for the Giants.
Ten-nothing ball over and a very short kickoff.
Dixon lets it hit. There's mistake number five.
He picks it up on a roll at the 12. Looking to run right.
And it gets hit and oh, it's going to be a face mask against Baltimore.
And it's going to go against Brad Jackson.
But a mistake by Ron Dixon and he won't pay for it because there is the face mask on Baltimore.
That'll be a 15 yarder too, so instead of being on the 12, it'll be on the 27.
Well, now Collins who's 7 of 19.
Face mask. 50 of the kicking team. 15 yards. First foul.
Kerry Collins, 7 of 19 for 59 yards.
A Falk-Bride from a five touchdown performance against Minnesota two weeks ago.
Well, we knew he was going to be facing a much better defense in the face of the Ravens.
I thought the last series, however, he started really to pick it up.
He looked good. He was throwing the ball crisply.
I would think now what you have to think if you're an offensive player for the Giants,
especially if you are Kerry Collins, let's get a little something on the board here.
Just get three points here, get it back and take that into the locker room with you.
The biggest thing he can't do is turn it over down here.
Be very careful.
1.34 to go on the half. 10-0 Baltimore.
Dixon in the game is a third wide out.
Collins backs the throw, throws it on time to Rod Dixon.
First down across the 40 for the 44 yard line.
Their all-toward three timeouts are left for the Giants as they pick up 16.
Now the Ravens are just sitting back in a zone defense,
and if they don't get any pressure on Kerry, he'll be able to sit back there and pick them apart.
Blitz on, they go inside on the handoff.
It is Tiki Barber to the 50 to the 45 inside the 40.
Breaks the tackle and take it out of bounds inside the Baltimore.
29 yard line by Rod Woodson.
And this tackle by Corey Harris at a 28 yard run.
Boy, they were going to come with a blitz to the outside.
They caught him in it. They caught him in that, just that delay back up inside,
almost like a little bit of a, kind of a, almost a draw kind of thing.
But Barber caught the scene perfectly.
They took advantage of Sam Adams up the field,
and then he was also able to stop the clock as he got out of bounds on the 29 yard line.
Looks like Ron Stone got, got to Ray Lewis and cut him down right in the middle of the field.
Longest run against Baltimore.
Collins pumps, throws down the middle, that is.
Intercepted at the goal line by Chris McAllister.
Oh, rushed himself, boom.
He rushed himself right out of an opportunity, and that is just a killer.
Just a killer. He had time.
He had a, he could have been able to see the field instead.
He just threw it up.
You know what, Matt, he had plenty of time.
He didn't have to throw it down on the field.
This was a bad choice to throw it down there.
Two defenders right there with I. Gillyard.
He has Tiki Barber right about five yards deep over the ball.
Just drop it to him.
Yeah, he had him. He was going to take a shot.
Kim Herring, the free safety, was reading the whole thing.
McAllister ran with him perfectly, and that was just, that was one stupid throw.
It was a bad throw by Kerry Collins. There's no question about that.
I mean, Tiki Barber is right in front of him, five yards deep.
Don't get, don't be a pig down here.
Just take what they give you, and Kerry didn't do that.
So, Dilfer from his old four-yard line hands it off to Lewis, and gets around the corner.
Flag is out.
Lewis at the corner, and Jason Sehorn wrestles him down, but there was a flag.
Back at the line of scrimmage.
I think it's going to be against the Giants.
You remember Chris McAllister, last game of the regular season, just before halftime.
Then he tested Verney, and McAllister right on the numbers, and he ran 98 yards for a touchdown.
First foul.
Well, they had him take a pinch, and the Giants are defending left to right.
The right defensive end, Cedric Jones, bounced to the inside.
Sam Garns got pinned, and there was nobody on the edge.
Jamal Lewis bounced it to the outside and picked up a first.
That's 20 yards on the run.
47 seconds to go to halftime.
Ten-nothing Baltimore.
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Dilfer hands it off instead to Lewis into the heart of the line for very little.
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Of course, you remember, Ravens led the league at 49 takeaways this year.
You know what's really interesting here is that Brian Billich is more than happy with the lead that he has.
More often than not, your quarterback, you're going to put him in a position to be able to run a two-minute drill.
They have plenty of time to be able to run something from this point, and they're going to be content with letting the time run out.
This half is over, boys, and they come in with a ten-point lead with that defense.
They like their chances.
Now, keep in mind, in both Super Bowl wins that the Giants have had, they've been behind at halftime both times.
But this tells you what the coach thinks of the quarterback.
Last year, Tennessee was shut out in the first half and trailed 9-0.
Right now, Baltimore has a 10-0 lead, a 38-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokely from Trent Dilford, and a field goal by Max Stover.
Ten teams have been shut out in the first half in Super Bowl history.
Most recently, the Titans I mentioned last year, none have come back to win.
It's 10-0, Baltimore, as we throw it back to Tommy Tye.
Tommy?
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Let's go right down to Boomer, Matt and Howard.
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How are you doing there, Tommy?
Okay, everything all right up there?
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Got your coffee, everything you need?
Haven't got that yet.
I'll be getting in five minutes, though.
Matt, can you go to Matt?
He spends a lot of time over there, so you can bring something back for us, Matt?
Sure, no problem.
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Well, the Giants, basically, I mean, they're 14-4 right now.
They've won seven straight.
They've outscored their opponents before today, 176-72 during the stretch, including 61-10 against Pittsburgh or against Philadelphia.
And Minnesota, now they're on the short end.
It's not panic time yet, but their offense has got to produce, and they've got to produce soon.
Well, they certainly do have to produce.
You know, Matt and I were talking.
A lot of people around the press box are talking about how great these defenses are.
I think it's been a struggle for the quarterbacks, because there have been guys that have been open.
It's not as if these guys have had somebody hanging around their neck the whole time.
I agree.
There's no question that speed, especially of the Baltimore Ravens defense, can make you look bad at times.
No question about that.
But, you know, it was Terry's decision to throw the ball deep down the middle at the end of the first half.
That basically made the problem happen.
It wasn't because he was under pressure.
I completely agree.
It's a decision by a quarterback that has to be made, and it's simple.
And we have talked about, you know, in every defense, in every scheme, there are going to be holes.
You just need a little bit of time.
And when you do have the time, you know, there are ways to create time, which Sean Payton has done.
He's rolled him out, but he's not slowed himself down.
Terry Piles, and then on the other side, Trent Guilford, he's made two nice throws. Other than that, he's looked pretty average.
He has, and I think now it's going to be up to the Giants defense to create a turnover some here in the second half to get that momentum back for the Giants.
Pickoff to Lewis, and this one might go out of bounds.
And Lewis made a mistake, I think. He fielded it at the 5.
He's up to the 20, and now across the 30.
So apparently he didn't make a mistake.
He's still on his feet and finally tripped up at the 45.
But there's a flag all the way back to the 30-yard line.
I think if Lewis lets that ball bounce, it goes out of bounds.
That's the way it was turning over from right to left, but he couldn't take that chance.
He took off. It's going to come back.
Well, that's a tough decision because if you wait...
81 on the receiving team during the runback. 10 yards, first down.
The penalty is again against Ben Coates.
You know, if you wait and it doesn't bounce the right way, then you got problems.
So you just have to take... see the rules from those. You never let the ball hit the ground in the kicker game, ever.
Yeah, but that ball, you had no choice. It was a tough one. He had to.
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There's a flag of a play, and Jabal Lewis is taken down at the 24-yard line.
Keith Hamilton looks like he jumped offside, so...
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The Ravens have had the ball for 14 minutes, 13 seconds.
The Giants are 15 minutes, 47 seconds. Not a major stat at this point.
Talked about Keith Hamilton. I mean, his career was going south.
He was caught with possession by a New Jersey State Trooper,
and Jim Fossil went and bailed him out, and he said,
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First and five, Baltimore, at their own 27-yard line.
Guilford with a quick drop. Throws the ball in the terrific catch,
which is made by Brandon Stokely for a first down.
That nice catch is a little slant pattern, and what is really alarming about this,
if you're a Giants fan, is that Jason Sehorn was off about 10 yards, Matt,
which is no man's land for a defensive back.
But there's a reason why you do that. They came with a blitz to the outside.
You know you're going to have pressure. You take some time, you sit back,
so you can drive that ball. They made the slant to the inside.
He really had no chance.
But my point was, is he's not even driving the ball.
And the Delfler is wide open.
First and ten, Baltimore, at their own 35, they lead 10-0,
just as the third quarter, Jamal Lewis into the heart of the Giants line.
And the blue shirts surround him at the 37-yard line.
He's just tuned in. The Ravens scored the game's only touchdown,
a Brandon Stokely touchdown reception from Trent Delfler of 38 yards.
And then Matt Stover delivered a field goal of 47 yards,
and that's the only scoring in the game.
Well, we said the first series of this third quarter,
both teams offensively will let you know exactly where they're at.
Second down and eight, Baltimore, moving from right to left on your radio.
A five-man Giants front, Delfler back to throw,
swings it out of the backfield to Jamal Lewis,
and he has hit hard at the 42-yard line by the Giants' Mike Barrow.
It is about three yards shy of a first down. Cornelius Grissom also went on the play.
I like this kid Jamal Lewis. I like his hands out of the backfield.
When he doesn't dance at the line of scrimmage, he's a lot more effective.
He's a big, thick chin.
I think he's going to be pretty good.
He continues to improve the way he has in this season.
Heck, he has 1,300 yards to steal.
Doesn't look like much from Trent Delfler,
but he was having problems with that throw earlier in the game.
That time he delivered it decisively and threw a nice ball.
Emanuel McDaniel of the Giants' secondary on third down at about four.
Delfler takes the snap, drops straight back to throw,
sets up, gets hit, and sacked.
Back at the 33 by Michael Strahan, his second sack of Trent Delfler.
I'll tell you one thing, he's playing on the Giants' defense,
and that is Michael Strahan. He has been in the backfield the whole night, Matt.
Yes, he did. That was an excellent job just coming off that left side again.
He's working against Harry Swain. He's able to beat him,
and the reason he's able to get there also was because there was good coverage down the field.
They were going to try to throw a 15-yard route at Luke Lyche,
had a hold on to it, and it looks like Delfler's hurt.
He's had his problems with injuries. You all know about that.
Here's a snap to the putter, Richardson, and he delivers a beauty.
Tiki Barber backpedals and feels it at the 17-yard line.
Tries to turn the corner on the right side, gets to the 20, gets a crushing block,
but because he ran out of room, it didn't help an awful lot.
By the set of message, however, Brandon Short just got Brad Jackson.
You know, the interesting thing, when you go from one side of the field to the other,
you've got to keep your head on a swivel if you're a defensive player,
and that time, my goodness, you got laid out.
51-yard part of 5-yard return. It's 10-0 Baltimore.
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With Matt Millen, Blumara Sison, John Dockery, and James Lofton, I'm Howard David.
You're listening to Super Bowl 35 on CBS Radio Sports.
And Westwood One, the Giants on offense, Jim Fossil, who started in the NFL as an assistant to the Giants
back in 91 as a quarterback's coach, went to Denver as the offensive coordinator,
and then the quarterback coach of the Raiders, and then was the offensive coordinator with the Arizona Cardinals,
and had a left-handed quarterback named Blumara Sison that he helped rejuvenate to a 500-yard performance one day.
Well, it'll be interesting to see here what he decides in the second half.
We talked about the strategy problems that he's going to have,
and he was going to hold the keys to this football game.
I would think now after watching this first half, throw the football and give Terry Collins more opportunities.
Four-man front for Baltimore, defensively.
Collins hands it off to Barber trying to run straight ahead for about three,
where he runs it to Sam Adams, who's on his way to his first Pro Ball.
Let's go down to John Dockery.
You know, Howard, I'm just walking off the field with number eight in his white uniform.
Trent Dilfer is leaving the field. They're taking him into the locker room.
Something to do with his left hand, his left arm. We will keep you posted.
That would be a major turn of events, except the Giants don't put any points on the board.
It may not mean very much.
Well, now they're really turning it over to their defense.
Second out, about seven for the Giants, with their own 23.
Hillier didn't motion to the right.
Collins playing fast to throw, steps up and takes off across the 25
and slides down at about the 29-yard line.
But Jamie Sharper touches him there. He's going to be about three yards shy of a first out.
You know what I see here, Matt, is Terry's dropping back after a play action,
trying to find one or two guys. He's unable to pick up his third receiver.
This time Tiki Barber is in the flat. All he has to do is step up and just drop it off to him.
He's eyeballing.
He's got a horse-blinder, it looks like. He's just looking down the center of the field.
Giants are 0-7 on third down plays.
And at third and three, Ravens with a five-man front.
Collins back to throw. They pick up the blitz he throws and connects to Hillier,
who takes a whack at the 35 but holds onto the football.
And it's a first down for the Giants, their first third down conversion of the ball game.
Well, nicely done. And he's able to just find it.
You know, the biggest thing, they were expecting a dash to the right side.
The Giants are going left to right.
He did stop a little bit, but Hillier got back down to the inside.
He was able to find the first down before he got hit by Rod Woodson.
Giants huddle up quickly, come out to the line of scrimmage, their own 35.
I like that.
Ten-nothing Baltimore.
Pummel with a fullback in motion, Collins back to throw.
Looking once, looking twice, and gets tackled back behind the line of scrimmage.
The sack recorded by Michael McCrary, and that is a coverage sack recorded by the Ravens,
their third of the ball game.
That's exactly right, Howard. It was a coverage sack.
Carey had no place to go. He was trying to scan his offense.
I guess the only thing you could do here if you're a quarterback is throw it away.
Realize that you don't want to take a sack.
McCrary is one of these guys on defense who just never stops going.
Tremendous motor. Always going.
He was actually on the ground, Lomas Brown knocked him down,
and he was kind of snake-crawled across the ground and got Collins around the ankle.
McCrary with 28 sacks his last two years.
Second and 18 Giants. Back at their own 27, Collins back to throw.
Has time. Throws over the middle and it's intercepted by Ron Woodson.
Or is that Tim Herring?
Tim Herring.
Shot down the farce.
With a heading.
Well, again, Matt, you talked about it earlier.
It is horse blinders and Carey is trying to force the situation here at second and 18.
All he has to do is get a little bit back on second down.
Again, Kiki Barber open in the flat, and he is trying to find Hilliard inside.
And Herring reads the eyes of Carey Collins and jumps right in front of Hilliard.
You're watching the whole time. Remember, I see his eyeball.
Now you have a field day of this.
This game has gotten too big for Carey Collins.
And now we're going to find out about Tony Banks and see if he can handle the game
because he's in to replace Trent O for now.
Tony Banks is replaced by Dilfer on the 29th of October.
I would take a shot with him right out of the box.
Louis Lalone set back to receive it to the right.
That's a giant 41-yard line following the third and intercept in the hand of Louis.
Off the left side for about three or four where Ryan Phillips meets him here.
Well, in the Giants, two previous Super Bowls.
With the Hostedler as quarterback in one, Phil Simms in the other.
No turnovers. And already Collins has thrown three intercepts.
Trent Jopper is in the locker room now.
He's having his left pinky x-rayed.
And now it falls on the hands of Tony Banks.
Don't screw it up.
Remember, Tony Banks was replaced after an O for October.
No touchdowns in five games.
And yet the Ravens kept winning.
And the MVP then was Max Stover, the field goal kicker.
Second down and five.
The hand of Louis is room up the middle and drives to about the 30-yard line for a first down for Baltimore.
That was probably the best run of the day, Matt, by either team up inside, inside the guards.
And this time, at least now it looks like, the offensive line of the Ravens have started to push that defensive line of the Giants off the football.
Nicely done inside by Mulatala, the left guard.
Just coming off the ball.
That's what you have to do.
That's right, that falls on the shoulders of Keith Hamilton and Chris DePina.
They've got to pick their game up.
Jeff Mitchell to center.
Also on the end of that play, celebrating his 27th birthday tomorrow from nearby Hillsboro, Florida.
Blitz is on.
Louis slips out of a tackle that gets wet at about the 31-yard line by Mike Barrows, had a big game for the Giants.
However, with seven and a half to play in the third quarter, the Ravens have a 10-0 lead.
And so far they have scored 10 points off two Giants turnovers.
Well, they came with a run, Blitz, inside.
Michael Bauer and Jesse Armstead just blew up inside, anticipating that it was going to be a run.
Jamal Lewis saw it, tried to bounce it to the outside, but there was nowhere to go.
Nicely done on the right outside by Cedric Jones.
So now, moving to something I'm talking about.
You've got to take a shot here.
You can't draw it up.
You just can't keep running it, running it, running it.
I understand, but I don't necessarily know how much.
You're like in a 47-yard field goal already.
I don't know how much my ability trusts Tony Banks.
Well, I'll give you the answer.
He doesn't, you know.
Lewis has 63 yards rushing on 17.
Thanks for the quick drop.
Look, the throws and the ball is deflected at the line of scrimmage.
I don't know who that was exactly, but I want to say it was Griffin.
We had a shot.
Stokely, they were going to run a tight end.
He had a tight end wide receiver to the left side as they were going right to left.
He took the tight end and he took them to the outside to draw the backer coverage.
And then Stokely came on a slant behind.
It looked like he got knocked down, like you said, by Hamilton.
No, that was Hamilton that actually got his hand on it.
I've been a guy that has thrown interceptions like this in a game like Terry Collins.
What does it do to you as a defensive player on my team if I'm doing that?
In this game, you've got to forget it.
There's nothing really that matters.
It's about changing possession.
You have to make the big play.
Third and 10 Baltimore.
They lead 10-0.
Banks on the handoff, straight ahead.
Priest-Holmes inside the 25.
It's not enough for a first down, but it is a shorter field goal try now for Matt Stover.
And I think that's all Brian Billich, he knows it on the sideline.
You can see, you know what?
We're just going to kick the field goal.
Our defense hasn't been, you know, beat all night long, so we're just going to stay with it.
So it'll be a smart call.
Yeah, 41-yard try right now.
Stover was on his way to his first Pro Ball.
That kicker's this year with 135 points.
Richardson to put it down.
Placement is down.
The kicker's got plenty of distance.
And he missed it.
It is no good.
That's a break for the Giants right there.
Now they get it.
They take advantage of it.
Well, they get it from the spot of the kick, not the line of scrimmage.
31-yard line.
6-0, 3 to go.
Third quarter, 10-0 Baltimore.
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Trent Dillfer has come running out of the locker room, and I expect that at some point, in short order,
we'll hear from John Dockery and he'll tell us about Dillfer's condition. He went in.
Let's go to John.
I just followed him out of the locker room where everybody was under there.
They took x-rays. They went into the locker room with him, checked it.
He was asked how he was feeling. He was in pain. He said, was it broken?
He said, I don't know. I'll tell you after the x-rays. Obviously, he's back out. We'll keep you posted.
Collins back to throw and hits Tiki Barber for a very short pickup out in the flat.
He is dropped by Chris McAllister, who has one interception, one of the three, thrown by Terry Collins in this game.
You know, we talked about it before the game, Matt. I'll reiterate it again.
We talked about the quarterback with the ironclad stomach as we watched the Giants go to their two-minute hurry-up offense.
I like this. We talked about this.
Terry Collins has got to have that stomach right now. He's just got to forget everything that he's already done
and see if he can manufacture some points.
Collins throws, and Hilliard catches and then fumbles it.
And the Ravens have recovered it at the 50-yard line, or is it in completion?
No, no. It was... I don't know if it was a fall.
I thought it was in completion. Two feet came down. It should be a fumble.
Well, they'll review it if nothing else.
They're calling it an incompletion.
That's a ruled incomplete pass.
This would be interesting to see whether or not Brian Billick decides to review this.
This would be a third down, third and ten.
One, two. He's got the ball. That's a catch.
Yes, it is.
Catch and a fumble.
I'm the Giants. I make this play in a hurry. Otherwise, Billick's going to throw that little red flag out there.
Well, they're in their two-minute offense. There's no question.
And the thing about it here is that they can look at it on the big screen,
because they're showing it on the big screen here in the stadium, and Billick doesn't do it.
Can't challenge now. Collins throws. Barber catches. Slips a tackle.
But it's brought down hard at the 38-yard line.
That's why he let it go, because it was third and ten. They haven't done anything all day.
Forget it. Turn it over to your defense. The stiff will take care of it himself.
Lewis and McCrary combined on the deck.
I'm just thinking what my thoughts would be on the sidelines.
I understand that.
Now, how are your thoughts going to change as an administrator?
I'm not going to be worse. They're going to be worse.
Right now, I'm just...
His thoughts are going to be worse.
You think you can start calling your players stiffs?
You're saying you are?
No. That's tough, though. I mean, he's just...
Karen Collins has never slowed himself down all game long.
But he threw a nice ball to I. Kill. You'd write the scene.
If Hillard just holds onto the ball, first down.
Well, this is going to tie a Super Bowl record.
Fifteen punts in this game by these two kickers.
This one is a good one. A high deep kick over to the sidelines.
Lewis stepped out of bounds and then let it hit.
I think it hit out of bounds at around the 20-yard line.
Perfect kick. It hit out of bounds at the 17.
A beautiful kick by Brad Maynard.
45 yards, 4.5 to play, third quarter, 10-0 Baltimore.
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Let's see what Dilford can do now, see how his fingers respond.
Well, Trent Dilford back of the game.
He's going to throw. He dropped.
Looking long, throws it over the middle and on time,
but unable to hold on is Shannon Sharp.
That was a well-thrown ball by Dilford down the middle of the field.
Sharp unable to hold on. Let's go down to Dock.
Howard, it certainly was a well-thrown ball.
Sharp should have had it in.
Here's the official diagnosis on Trent Dilford's left pinky.
It was a left-fifth metacarpal.
They took X-rays. They're negative.
Obviously, he's back in the game through that ball real well.
The fifth metacarpal is one of your favorite bones.
It hurts. It's right on the inside of your knuckle.
It's probably really swollen. It hurts.
Every time he takes a snap, he's going to feel it.
Not with that overhand they have in it.
Second and ten.
Baltimore, Dilford changing the play at the line of scrimmage.
Takes the snap, goes back to throw, airing it out.
Deep down the right side and over the head of both Seahorn and Johnson.
The pass was actually thrown out of bounds,
and we've seen that several times tonight from Dilford.
You can see as he gets up, he's looking at his finger
as Michael McCrary now is going underneath the stadium
to have something looked at. We're not sure what that's all about.
We'll get back to you with that when we get the update.
As watching Trent Dilford happen today, Matt, I mean, it's just like he's off.
Even though every other pass or every fourth or fifth pass seems like it's on,
for the most part, they're landing out of bounds,
especially the ones he's trying to throw deep down the sideline.
Baltimore, two of 11 on third down plays, but they lead 10-0 in the third quarter.
Dilford back to throw. They push up the middle.
Dilford is hit by Strahan as he throws, incomplete.
Strahan and Keith Hamilton, excellent job.
They've got a nice stunt to the inside. Just pulled up his power.
Part of it, sometimes Dilford has time when he's made bad throws.
Other times, it's just been good defense by the New York Giants team.
I will say this, if the Giants can get some momentum, any bit of momentum,
I don't see the Raven offense moving the ball the rest of the second half.
Why?
Because they're close to moving the ball.
Down to the four-minute mark in the third quarter.
That fourth quarter is just about on us. They better get on their horse.
Richardson to punt, makes the snap at the five and delivers it upfield.
A wobbly kick, returnable by Barber from the 35.
With room at the 40, trying to go wide to the left side, 45 and gets whacked.
You can hear the crack of the shoulder pads and the helmets as they collide,
and Anthony Davis makes the stop.
A nine-yard kick and a nine-yard return, and there's a player down.
Yeah, and Robert Bailey is motioning over right away, because that was the hit.
That was a heck of a shot by the Ravens.
I think it was Anthony Davis. It was Anthony Davis. He smacked them good.
We have four minutes left in the third quarter.
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We're seeing little offense today. Do we need a Marcus Allen trick run coming up?
Well I think so. Let's watch his plays and see. But so far neither team has been able to sustain any offense.
Best starting position for the Giants. The slant is picked off.
Wayne Starks going the distance.
Wayne Starks touchdown. Ball of Oro, 49 yard return.
Another Kerry Collins pass. That's the fourth interception thrown by Collins and this one likely hurts the most.
Guys what you have is you have Tripp to one side on the left and you have Imani Tumor all by himself at the bottom.
Good defensive coordinators tell their players when they line up in this particular formation, watch the slant on the back side.
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Four interceptions thrown by Kerry Collins that ties the Super Bowl record.
Craig Morton had four interceptions. In Super Bowl 12, Jim Kelly of Buffalo in Super Bowl 16.
And in Super Bowl 31, Drew Bledsoe threw four against Green Bay.
The last one likely, Matt, to be the most damaging of the lot.
Matt, are you there? Hello? Yeah, what about it?
What else can you say? I mean, you're right. This game is basically over with the way they've been playing.
Most damaging of the lot, Matt.
Kickoff to Ron Dixon. He's up to the 20. To the outside 30.
Breaks a tackle at the 40. He can go! Ron Dixon down the middle of the ballpark. They won't catch him.
Touchdown Ron Dixon. 97 yards. And the Giants are not dead yet.
Matt, you said it was over. Right. I meant until Matt played. Oh, okay. He didn't listen to you. He finished that thing.
Finally they got something.
What they got was Ron Dixon, a nice job in blocking on a left return. Once he hit the crease, it was over.
Well, the Giants had to get offense from somewhere. And this is not an unlikely source.
You know, he did this against the Philadelphia Eagles, the first play of the game.
That's the fourth longest kickoff return for a touchdown in Super Bowl history. Of course, the biggest was Desmond Howard.
And the point after. The first of the game for Brad Del Aweeso. Two touchdowns in 18 seconds. One for each. The Ravens now lead 17-7.
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Howard, David, Matt, Nolan, Bomer, Siaison, John Dockery and James Laughton. A game that pretty much has been extremely quiet. Too quiet.
And the Giants and the Ravens have just scored two touchdowns. One each in 18 seconds.
Well, you're just waiting for something to happen good for the Giants. And certainly they've been the manufacturer of the poor play because of all the interceptions and the turnovers.
But Ron Dixon, a tremendous run. I mean, and great blocking at the point of attack. Nobody was even close to him, Matt, as he rolled through the side, the left side of the defense of the puck, of the kickoff coverage for the Ravens.
And just a smooth sailing from the 50 on. There was nobody even close. So for the first time after a score by the Giants. How about an onside kick right here?
Not beyond the realm of impossibility, but they're going to kick this one off. It'll be Lewis at the 16. Up to the 20. Stunners get 25. To the 30. To the outside, 40.
Lewis to the 50. Down the sidelines. There he goes. Goodbye, Jermaine Lewis. 84 yards for a touchdown. Jermaine Lewis matches his uniform number. That goes the distance.
Did I mention to you that it's over?
Is that the first time for back to back touchdowns or is it the second time?
Actually, somebody else did that.
I hate when that happens.
Detroit and Green Bay. Three touchdowns in the last 36 seconds. We've been complaining about no scoring and here we go.
You know, you should have known that it was Detroit and Green Bay did it.
Of course.
Now couldn't it be Detroit and Green Bay?
Terry Fair isn't in a regular season game this year. Rolled this year. Rolled this year. Not in the Super Bowl.
What about the Super Bowl?
It's the first time it ever happened in a Super Bowl.
And the putt after by Stover. It's good. 24-7 Ravens.
Now if you're neutral, you love it because you're seeing big plays.
The Giants hate it because they thought they got themselves back in and with 3-13 left in the third quarter, they're not out of it, but they sure didn't need that.
You want to know what happened there, and I don't want to get too technical on this, but you know, Brad D'Alessio, you know, kicks a low ball and a short ball.
And by the time the Giants are actually close enough to Jermaine Lewis, he's already up the field to about the 30 yard line.
He got himself a great block by Corey Harris.
Yes, he did. Fantastic block. Two guys with one block, and Jermaine Lewis doesn't need much room to be able to get through on that right sideline. It was awesome.
See, I don't think Ron Dixon's going to return this kickoff because he's probably tired from the last one.
And that just happened a little while ago.
So let me clarify this. That's the first time ever in Super Bowl history a back-to-back.
Back-to-back kickoff return after a score. Right.
But not the first time this year.
No, it was only the second time ever in NFL history that it was back-to-back touchdown.
Well, these two franchises have, or these cities really have long tradition.
Baltimore, of course, the Ravens coming from Cleveland, but the one-time Baltimore Colts certainly had a lot of tradition and a lot of great players.
And everybody remembers the 1958 classic called the greatest game ever played.
It really wasn't the greatest game, but it just opened up everybody's eyes to the pro game.
Dixon on the return, doubles back against Harris. That is dropped by Corey Harris at the 25.
There's something different, a tackle on special teams.
Let's go down to James Lofty.
Guys, I've been sitting with Tom Flores. We've watched three plays produce 21 points.
My question beforehand, watch the Ravens defense. Do you think they're the best ever?
And if not, what defenses would you rank above them?
Well, I tell you, they're the best that I've seen in recent years, but you got to do it consistently.
I have to go back to some of those great Steeler defenses.
Actually, James, our defense in 83 when we hit the Super Bowl was a pretty good defense because we held the Redskins to only nine points that year.
But this is an outstanding defense.
You heard it, Howard. Outstanding.
Well, I might have consciously omitted the Chicago Bears of 86. They were pretty good.
They were pretty good.
But remember, this is a defense. Look at the amount of points that it gives up.
The amount of points that you give up, that's the key.
And then the amount of points that you score for your team.
And that's exactly what this defense does.
Loss of the yard, Collins throws, and it's nearly picked off by Ray Lewis, who had a deep drop on the pass intended for the tight end Pete Mitchell.
Let's go downstairs to John Dockery.
Howard, you and Matt and Boomer were talking about the short kickoffs by Brad D'Auliso.
And I asked Jim Fossil before the game because, you know, who was out?
Jared Holmes was out kicking off, and I said to him, well, who kicks off today?
Is it Holmes or is it D'Auliso?
He said, it's D'Auliso.
And he said he hoped that the warm weather would help him out.
His kicks have been short against the Vikings, against Philadelphia.
He was worried. Obviously, it affected him on that last kickoff.
Well, the Giants now have a third and one.
And Doc, thanks. Back to the 24, the Giants.
Hilliard in motion. Collins back to pass.
In trouble. Throws as he gets whacked and driven to the turf by Sam Adams.
It is incomplete.
And you know what's bad about that? Three-man pressure.
That's a three-man line. Adams coming right up the center.
And you can't get pressure that quickly on your quarterback when you're rushing only three guys.
And I mean, he splits a double team, which is inexcusable if you're the offensive line of the Giants.
Sam Adams has played himself a pretty darn good football game here today.
Bad communication right there on the offensive line of the Giants
because you can't let Sam Adams come up the middle with two guys blocking him.
The effort and the effectiveness of having a big-time kick returner has paid off once again for Baltimore.
Here's a maiden kick to Jermaine Lewis.
He failed it at the 35.
That's where the Ravens will take over with 2.19 left.
Three touchdowns in 36 seconds.
24-7, Baltimore. That was a quick... Maybe they should.
Well, the one thing we haven't seen tonight, Howard,
is we haven't seen a turnover from the Giants defense.
That's what we've got to start seeing if the Giants want to get back into this game.
Dillfer under center.
He hands to Lewis running right across the 35
and cut down after a gain of a yard by Sam Guards with 2.10 left in the third.
And the Ravens on top 24-7.
Would your coaches tell you, Matt, you have to get the ball, you have to rip the ball out at this point?
I mean, I know they're always talking about stripping the ball and trying to create turnovers,
but does the awareness start to heighten now as you get to this point in the game?
Yeah, and you know what's going to... They haven't really... Defensively, they've played pretty well.
They haven't really done much against this New York Giants defense.
And then it really comes into play in gang tackling.
The first guy always has to make sure that the hit... The second guy comes in to make the strip.
Dillfer takes the hand snap and goes back to throw under a rush.
He throws and a catch is made by Ben Coates over the middle for a first down to the Baltimore 48-yard line.
Well, Trent Dillfer showing me some toughness there, sticking it in to Ben Coates as Michael Strahan delivers a blow as soon as he throws the football.
But it seems like Trent Dillfer's gotten a little bit better here since he's come back from the injury.
I mean, he knows he's going to get drilled. Strahan hits him right in the ribs.
And he delivers the ball accurately down the field to Ben Coates.
Well, you said, you know, who's the quarterback that's going to have the cast iron stomach?
Right now you've got to say it's Dillfer.
Certainly has been.
Keep in mind against Tennessee, they're going to finish the thought in the second, first and 10th.
Baltimore at their own 48.
Jamal Lewis running left.
No game to the 50-yard line.
Against Tennessee, Dillfer threw for 281 yards.
Two touchdowns was intercepted once and he was sacked five times in that game and still hung around for the victory.
Well, just remember this now.
The Ravens put on 14 points on the scoreboard, one by special teams and one by their cornerback, Wayne Starks, in an interception return.
I mean, this is Ravens football at its finest.
This is exactly what it is.
And you can take a look at what the offense is doing here.
They're just kind of methodically just trying to run the ball and run the clock down and just kind of eat up as much time as they possibly can.
This is the way the Ravens win.
24 points, seven first downs.
Second down and eight.
Dillfer rolling right, throws it on the run.
Nice catch by Shannon Sharpe at the 45-yard line.
About two yards shy of a first down.
That's the end of the third quarter with the Ravens on top.
24 to 7.
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But not this particular Giant team, but by the Giants as Scott Norwood's kick went wide right late in the ball game,
and the Giants held on for the win. The direct snap back to Jermaine Lewis for a few yards.
And he almost got the first down. A little bit of trickery on the direct snap by Baltimore.
Sean Williams makes the stop. That was a third down play.
That's one of those plays where if it works, it looks like the greatest thing in the world.
But you know, you're talking about letting your quarterback try to make a third down for you.
In this situation, I can't believe that they try to run this play.
Well, well what?
I'll leave it alone.
Well, well, I'll tell you after the game.
Okay. Oh, tell us now. Tell us now, please.
Hilliard back to wake the punt of Richardson.
It's a high in the air wobbly kick. Fair catch made by Hilliard at the 8-yard line of the Giants.
I'll tell you that Kyle Richardson is some punter, Matt.
He's had a big game.
He has had a big game. Now on the, what, the 8-yard line.
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Let's go down to John Dockery. Dockery, you got an update on McCrary?
Yes, I do, Howard. And he's back in the game.
If you look at his right hand, you'll see that it's in a cast.
He actually broke his knuckle. They took him inside, found out it wasn't a compound fracture.
He's back at his right-hand position.
Meanwhile, good thing they're deep at the defensive line position.
Rob Burnett, he rolled his left ankle. He's questionable.
Time for the Giants, Rod Dixon cramps on the sidelines. His return is questionable.
Cramps?
I don't think he started on his hot hair or anything.
Yeah, well.
Now, looking at this game, going into the start of the fourth quarter,
nobody has distinguished himself in the MVP category.
And I know maybe the biggest plays today have been in field position, in the kicking game.
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I'm thinking that maybe he might give it to Kyle Richardson to put it.
Never. I have a vote. I have a vote.
No, no, no.
Richardson's had nine punts with 43-yard average.
Collins out of his shotgun. Back to the goal line.
Pumps once. Pros on the run. Incomplete.
And Barber paid the price out in the flat.
He just got killed out there by Robert Bailey.
By the way, when he was with the Rams, had a punt return of 103 yards.
Well, you see, that's the defense right there, Howard.
This is the thing.
You know, Tiki's not catching this ball, but Robert Bailey leaves, you know, a message.
And he left the mark, too.
And he definitely left the mark.
That'll leave a mark.
How about the Giants? No rushing first downs today.
Well, you knew the ball was going to be impossible to run.
Now the Giants spread the field. Collins back to the goal line in trouble.
Sack bubbles the ball.
The Ravens may have it inside the Giants five, but the Giants do wrestle it away.
Michael McCrary.
Never saw McCrary with one arm.
Knock him loose. Just blew right by the left offensive tackle there, and that's Lomas Brown.
Well, we talked about this. You hear so much about Ray Lewis and Rod Woodson, and rightfully so, great football players.
But to be a great team, there has to be some unselfishness on your football team.
And Sam Adams, Tony Ceragusa, Peter Bolware, and Michael McCrary are those unsung heroes that are finally starting to shine,
and they're coming to fruition in the biggest game of the year.
Lomas Brown, by the way, recovered the fumble.
The Giants now face the third and 15.
Collins kicks to the end zone, throws out to the left, nobody looking, and the ball drops right at the feet of McAllister.
A pass allegedly intended for Jaravitz.
Interesting they came with a blitz that Marvin Lewis dialing up a book. Marvin Lewis called an excellent game here.
They're putting the pressure on him.
Yeah, he brought the trap off the left side as they're defending left to right, and forced that throw, and actually McAllister,
if he can get away from the receiver, that's another pick.
Jermaine Lewis, who has one kickoff return for a touchdown, stands at the 49 of the Giants, awaiting Brad Maynard's punt.
Got his heels at the back of the end zone, awaiting the snap from center.
It is a good one. They set up the run for Baltimore, and Maynard's kick is a wobbly kick.
Fair catch as they wave everybody away. It bounces sideways.
It bounced over one of the Ravens and might have grazed him.
But McAllister apparently didn't. I think it went right over his rear end.
I'll tell you, what a break McAllister caught, but this is the way it's been going for the Giants today.
McAllister's on the ground. The ball is bouncing towards him.
It bounces right over him without him even knowing that it's happening.
It's almost like he has to do the limbo.
The limbo.
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13 minutes left in the ball game.
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A reminder that for every touchdown scored inside the red zone tonight,
Dodge will donate $500 to the March of Dimes Foundation.
Think Dodge different.
We should have $500 donated for every return for a touchdown tonight.
We'd have some money.
No red zone plays at all tonight.
To get touchdowns with no red zone plays, period.
We'd even take $500 per first down if you wouldn't have that much.
So the Ravens get great field position at the Giant 38.
They already lead 24-7 with two minutes gone by in the fourth quarter.
Drop! Drop! Drop!
They'll throw hands off to Jermaine, to Jamal Lewis for virtually no game.
Well yesterday they announced the seven finalists and the seven inductees
for Pro Football's Hall of Fame.
One of them, Jack Youngblood, once played in a championship game
and a Super Bowl with a broken leg.
There's a good class right there.
An excellent class. My buddy from Penn State, Mike Munchak,
in the Hall of Fame, well deserved.
Jackie Slater, well deserved.
Oh, Marv Levy. Marv Levy.
One of the great all-time coaches.
Many people thought that he might have been overshadowed by Bill Parcells,
who did not get in.
And, you know, for probably all kinds of different reasons,
many people think he's going to come back and coach.
McPhonotani got in.
Second down and 10 Giants splits up the middle.
Bilchwer the deep drop, throws over the middle,
and on time catch by Ben Coats, down up a giant 20-yard line in the first down.
Or Baltimore. Others getting in.
And Swann, of course, had a great career with the Pitchburg Steelers.
Ron Yarry, seven-time Pro Bowler tackle out of Southern Cowl
to play with the Vikings and the Rams.
Jackie Slater, who played 20 years in the NFL.
I mentioned Youngblood.
Marv Levy, I saw him last night at the Taste of the NFL,
a terrific job by the NFL,
and their festivities that go on all this week.
I asked Marv when he found out.
He said he didn't get the call at 1130, 1135, 1140.
Wife saw it on television. She was jumping up and down on the bed in their hotel room.
First and 10 Baltimore at the giant 20 lawn.
Lewis, off-left tackle.
There's a 19-yard line.
24-7 Baltimore.
They have had two returns for touchdowns, an interception return, a kickoff return.
Ron Dixon for the Giants, a kickoff return.
And all of that stuff happened in about a 36-second span.
Baltimore has won 17 straight, by the way, when leading after three-quarters.
And their defense is so good.
They're pretty conch-eaming right there.
Very good conch-eaming.
Totally in control of this football game.
A couple of the attributes of the Baltimore Ravens.
Great defense, no question about that.
A great punter in Kyle Richardson, who really was pinning back
the offensive of the Giants continually throughout this football game.
Oh, they hooked, hooked!
Richard Johnson in motion. We're going to get a flag.
The only one who's played pretty well for these New York Giants today has been Michael Strahan.
Strahan has played well. Bowles played well. Armstead's played well.
You know, the other thing here, too, is when you think about the Ravens and the way they play.
Encroachment, defense, 97-5 yard. It's still second down.
Many people have said that Trent Jilford goes out on the field
and doesn't try to lose the game as opposed to trying to win the game.
And watching this team, and I've seen, what, 10 of their films this year, Matt,
I think if you're the quarterback, that's probably the way you have to play.
Yeah, why wouldn't you? I mean, it's got to be somewhat of a relief
that you don't have to carry the whole team on your shoulders
like most quarterbacks are asked to do.
I mean, certainly, Kerry Collins coming into this game
had to do more for his team to win than Trent Jilford did.
Second down at about three of the Giant 14.
Lewis straight ahead over the pile.
About a yard shy of a first down.
Well, the Ravens have been saying all year,
they go to their defensive coordinator, Marvin Lewis.
How many points do we need? How many points do we have to score offensively?
You get about 14, it should be enough.
Two good coaches here, incidentally.
Marvin Lewis will get his shot as a head coach, I believe, shortly.
As will John Fox.
Both defensive coordinators, both good coaches, both ready.
One goes to Buffalo, one goes to Cleveland, possibly.
That's what's being said.
Now, whether or not that happens or not remains to be seen,
but both these guys are ready to take the next step.
Well, the job in Detroit still, I heard.
That's what I've heard.
First red zone play by either team.
Third down and two.
They hand to Lewis into the heart of the line.
First down inside the five-yard line of the Giants, Sam Guarant.
They have just delayed the inevitable.
It is a first down for Baltimore at the Giants' three-yard line.
Now, this is the other thing that happens to a team when you're playing the Ravens.
You go three and out, you go three and out, you go three and out, you go three and out,
and your defense spends an awful lot of time on the field.
Yeah, you know, just got away with a nice hold there was Finn Coates on Ryan Phillips.
And when you look at this, New York has had ten possessions today, guys.
On all of those ten possessions, it's been three plays or less.
Three and out?
Yeah. Or ten possessions.
Or one and out, too.
It could be one and out.
Yep.
First and goal, Baltimore.
The pitch to Lewis, trying to run wide to the corner.
Looking and he gets over the pylon for a touchdown as the ball comes loose,
but apparently he crossed the goal line first.
Sam Gatch with a heck of a block, and Jamal Lewis gets his first Super Bowl touchdown.
Jamal Lewis just decides he's not going to be stopped, lowers his shoulder, runs over Michael Barrow.
Oh, that's awful close.
Very, very close.
He actually spread Michael Barrow and he collided.
And then I believe it's Griffith, Cornelius Griffith, who comes in and tries to clean up,
and as Griffith gets there, the ball is loose before it comes.
And if it goes through the anvil, it could be a touchback.
They blew the, they stopped the point after.
Jerry Austin blew the whistle and stopped the point after.
Jim Fossil is probably going to want to challenge that touchdown.
And he'd be right to do that.
Well, Jim Fossil, as recently as, well, 1975, not that recently, but in 75,
he was an air conditioner salesman, and he said he was miserable.
And I don't know that he was more miserable then than he is right now.
Well, now, that's going to happen.
See, the ball came loose, and it was a signal touchdown.
Yeah, but once they signal touchdown, you can't review it.
Exactly.
The recovery wouldn't matter.
The Giants are challenging the call on the field of the touchdown.
But you know who recovered it, though.
Yeah, Ismael.
Yeah, but it wouldn't matter.
All right.
Ismael recovered it.
Ismael didn't see it, but that won't matter.
That would be cause, as soon as he puts his hands up, that stops the play.
And so it won't make a difference who covered it.
This will actually be a touchback.
Getting another look at it.
Jamal Lewis has the ball in his left hand.
He gets a heck of a shot from Barrow.
And then Griffin comes over.
Fumble.
Yep.
That is a flat-out fumble.
I would agree.
Well, we have 8.45 left in the game, and the Ravens still have a command of this contest.
Zena.
30 to 7.
Even if I remember this properly, once he puts his hands in the air, that's like a whistle.
Right.
And so if it's like a whistle, both teams have to have the same and equal opportunity
to get to the football.
Even if Khajji Ismael comes over and gets the recovery, because the hands go up, that's
going to be a touchback.
Well, Jerry Austin checking it out.
By the way, everybody who listens to us on Monday Night Football during the regular year
realizes that this is Matt Millen's final broadcast for Westwood 1 and CBS Radio Sports.
We will certainly miss Matt and wish him nothing but the best of success.
I can't wait to do a Detroit Lions game so I can second guess every movie he's made.
Neither can I.
I can't wait either for another reason.
Who's that for?
Who the hell is running this game?
You know the other thing?
He said that when he said, and I've got it on tape, he said that when we go in there to
do a Monday Night game, he's kicking network television out and putting them in our booth
and we're going to get the network television.
You better do that, buddy.
Oh, absolutely.
I know what's in your leaf good when you're in Detroit.
I know we will.
We'll have hamburgers, we'll have all kinds of steaks, ribs.
And now Rosenberg is one of our hot flight engineers, actually, as the engineer for the
Detroit Lions, so all game long, Al's been sucking up to Matt.
I mean, it's actually embarrassing.
Make sure he keeps his job.
That's all.
Matt's cleaning the house.
You give him a bump.
As we sit here and we wait for Jerry Austin, he's over there looking at the coach's challenge
trying to determine whether or not, in fact, Jamal Lewis fumbled the football as he crossed
the goal line.
Well, it has been a great 2000 NFL season and on behalf of the NFL at all 32 clubs,
we'd like to thank you for supporting your favorite team this year.
We'll see you, of course, next season.
We have one more game to do.
The Pro Bowl in Honolulu.
I'll be there.
They're forcing us to go there against our will, but we will show up.
Your daughter's here today, Boomer.
Yes, Sydney's with me today.
Got her last week.
Sydney's with me today.
Hi, Sid.
How you doing?
OK.
You know what's funny?
We walk into the stadium and on the big screen up ahead, she sees her brother.
All right, here's Jerry Austin.
Tell us about it.
After reviewing the play, the call stands as made on the field.
Touchdown.
I think it's a bad call.
I do too.
It's unanimous.
But remember this, there has to be clear evidence to overturn the call.
He might see this as being unsure about it.
It has to be indisputable visual evidence.
And at that point, it doesn't look like there's control when he's going over it, but it's
a move point anymore.
It's not going to make a difference whether it's 24 or 30.
31 at this point.
This is history, boys.
I'm afraid you're right.
If you're the Giants, it's certainly going to really make a miserable ride home to New
Jersey.
31-7 Ravens with 8.45 to go in the game.
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Sixth place, 38 yards, a 17-yard touchdown, 17-yard pass rather.
Dilford, the coach, set up the touchdowns.
Jamal Lewis of three yards and a score.
Guys, you'll never see the officials high-fiving after a play, but it got almost as close.
Tony Vettari, the headlinesman who made that call after they went under the hood and counseled.
The field judge came over to Tony, kind of said, nice score.
That's about as close as they get.
You're exactly right, James.
And here's something else that's about as close as it gets.
I was just handed a Super Bowl 35 Most Valuable Player ballot, and I'm not so sure who the
heck to put on here.
I couldn't tell you.
There's nobody really who stood out in this game.
Ron Dixon fields the kickoff of the 11-yard line.
He's had one return for a touchdown.
He's across the 20, 25, to the 30.
Tries to get outside, fumbles the ball, and the Ravens have recovered it at the 35 of the Giants.
Stick a fork in them, boys.
This one's done.
You know, Britney Spears, maybe I should vote for her.
Robert Bailey recovers the fumble by Ron Dixon.
And with 8 1⁄2 to play in the game, the Ravens are starting to celebrate.
They lead it 31-7.
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Baltimore gave up 16 points in three playoff games.
Counting today is 23 points in four playoff games.
And their defense, which has been put to the test once again, has proven that they are the real deal.
First and 10 Baltimore at the Giant 34 following the fifth turnover by the Giants.
Lewis straight ahead to the 30.
Breaks the tackle.
Seahorn finally drags him down at the 20-yard line.
And Jamal Lewis closing in on 100 yards for the day.
Well, this is a part of the game now where the defense is just sailing out.
They've been on the field, it seems, like the entire second half.
It's going to be very difficult to tackle Jamal Lewis as he comes flying through the middle of the pack of the defense.
Legs churning.
This is exactly what you're talking about, Matt.
This is the best part of his game.
Straight ahead downhill.
And this part of the game is where a great running back takes over.
Well, he's got 25 carries for 95 yards and the one touchdown.
Starting to emerge is a big time backer, a rookie from Tennessee who had a huge year with over 1,300 yards.
Trying to air do it again.
Breaks the tackle at the 20.
Puts his shoulder down.
Pops another giant loose at the 18-yard line before Sean Williams makes the stop.
Jamal Lewis had 1,364 yards, second best amongst rookies to Denver's Mike Anderson.
It was a great story this year.
Oh, it was a fantastic story, but this Jamal Lewis is, he got a slow start, don't forget,
because he's coming off a dislocated elbow at the start of the season.
He had a scrimmage against the Redskins.
And then he just, he came on strong.
His style, though, his style is really a function of the offensive line.
And it's more to the side of the offensive line being physical.
And the more he goes, the better he gets.
Lewis is starting to lay claim perhaps to the MVP of the game.
Chuck Evans in the game, it's full back, he gets the carry, but I think they stopped the play.
There's a fumble at the snap there, it looked like, Howard.
Guilford, you're right.
Maybe that was the other game you were looking at.
That could be.
You know, you start trying to find a better one.
And you start talking about the MVPs moving, and we were talking about that in the commercial
and also in the last segment, but I think the point is, defensively, both these teams have been strong.
Nobody really has stood out.
Nobody's really identified themselves as a guy who stood above everybody else.
Neither offense, that's for sure.
It was a turning point, right?
And then the turning point was the interception by Dwayne Starks, and he read perfectly the play
that Monty Jumler was trying to run and stepped right in front of him and took it back for a touchdown.
Lewis straight ahead for a couple of yards.
Six minutes left in the game.
Baltimore on top, 31 to 7.
The Ravens who were named after one of Edgar Allen Poe's or his most famous book, The Raven.
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Now Stover to kick it off.
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So the Giants who have turned it over five times.
Hollins goes out of a shotgun formation.
Takes the direction, looks to the right and throws.
A low ball that is incomplete.
Well, here the Giants now, you look at what has happened to them today.
Here is a team that was 7-4 in October.
And then of course Jim Fossil after losing back-to-back to St. Louis and Detroit.
Said, I guarantee we're going to the playoffs and that served to motivate his team apparently.
They started to unite as a football team.
And they have gone this far.
They got the number one seed in the AFC.
They have succumbed to an outstanding defensive performance by Baltimore.
Well, I think you know what happens when you play against a defense like this is a quarterback,
you speed up your decision making and Terry never really got a chance to settle down.
Hollins throws it on the run and the ball goes through the hands of Mike Hilliard.
Hilliard had the big game two weeks ago against Minnesota with 10 receptions.
And he has been held in check today by the Baltimore secondary.
Everybody has been held in check.
Yeah, we talked about that at the start.
We knew this wasn't going to be the same kind of thing.
Minnesota's defense just never showed up.
This game here, you knew that this Raven defense was going to be tough.
But again, he had opportunities and he never slowed himself down.
He started eyeballing things.
He just did not play well.
Well, we said at the start of the game that how he handled pressure,
which quarterback handled pressure the best would win.
And Trent Dilfer made a couple of throws early.
Really, his 10 points is all they needed.
Hollins takes the snap, Chase dishes it off to Tiki Barber who has tripped up across the 25.
4.55 left in the ball game.
The Ravens have already put this one away.
They're ahead 34-7.
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Well, the will is a source of power that exists inside everyone.
And today the will of the Ravens was just too much.
I mean, they did what they had to do.
Their defense just clamped down on the Giants early.
So much for distractions.
That's a good point.
Flag is down.
Jermaine Lewis in the 45.
Stopped to the 50 and then just dances out of bounds at the Giants 48-yard line.
But there was a flag on the play.
And all week long everybody was wondering, you know,
were the distractions of the early press conferences of the Ravens, you know,
infect their mind anyway and take them away from the game?
Now, one thing about the Ravens defense that you can sense when you're around them and you see them.
Hollins, they're in the kick.
Number 21 of the receiving team, 10 yards, first down.
No, Matt, I don't know if you sense this.
I do certainly.
The more turmoil it seems like the better they are, the more thuggery there is.
You know what I'm saying?
You know what happens?
You know what happened?
Oakland A's mentality.
We were talking about this earlier in the day.
Is all that talk and all that stuff, it only matters after the fact.
And we talked about that just this afternoon when we were speaking to some of the affiliates.
And now that the game's over,
they had the 4-10 mark at 34-7 just say, you know what, they prepared themselves.
They were ready.
They were confident in all those things, you know, but the reality of it is it really doesn't matter until you play.
That's exactly right. None of it matters.
Tony Banks is now in to mop it up.
The Trent Guilford and the Ravens and Priest Holmes in to running back.
You tell they got a new running back, she's got a clean uniform.
He takes the handoff, Hollins across the 30 to the 35-yard line.
There have been three teams that have gone without an offensive touchdown in the Super Bowl most recently.
You'd have to go back a way.
Super Bowl IX, Pittsburgh beat Minnesota 16 to 6.
They blocked putt recovery in the end zone.
It was the only touchdown for Minnesota.
Well, you know, the interesting thing in watching the way that the Ravens win games,
I mean, this is the recipe for them the entire season,
especially the last six or seven games where they just had enough offense to put some points on the board.
And then their defenses clamped down and scored points for them as did their special teams.
Priest Holmes running left, slowed up at about the 37-yard line.
Well, you know, the Giants now that they have finished first in their division,
the schedule is going to be harder next year.
Brutal. Brutal. It's not going to be easy for them next year.
The only good thing is that they're still in the NFC East.
We have two teams, the Cowboys and the Cardinals, that seem like they're going to be in rebuilding phases again.
But you know that Philadelphia is going to be good. They'll be good.
Washington, you'd have to think who's going to, I mean, they have enough talent to be better than they were.
It didn't work out this year, but you have to believe that they're going to be a team that they'll have to contend with.
Kip Vickers is in the game at left guard for Baltimore.
Spencer Fowlaw is in at left tackle for Jonathan Ogden.
And Holmes is dragged down by Keith Hamilton in the backfield.
So it's threeing out the Baltimore, but all they want this thing to do is get over with.
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Well, I'll let this one run down to the two-minute warning right here, boys.
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But, you know, how must he feel being in this stadium, in this city?
And he is walking away, my friends, with one of those very rare pieces of jewelry, a Super Bowl ring that we all wish we could have had as we play this game as well.
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Tough day for the Giants, Matt. What do you think about that, Boomer? Well, I definitely think the Giants definitely should have run the 64-toss power trap and they probably would have had a much better day.
Boomer, Boomer, your voice is changing. You're much prettier than Boomer, I might add. My daughter Danny. Yes, absolutely. 64-toss power trap? What are you, Hank Stram? Here we go, boys.
Hit it with a smooch. She's matriculating down the field. There you go, dear. Very nice. See, I give her a little rope, she's going to hang me.
Holland's on the draw to Tiki Barber. Right now her mother is dying downstairs. I had to have my moment, the Millen and the Sison children all had their moment. I felt a little depressed. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much. Boomer, I don't think we have to look any further. I don't think we have to look any further for Matt's replacement to you.
Let me just tell you something, when the game stinks, we'll just put anybody on it, it doesn't matter.
Holland's flushed out of the pocket and hits Barber at the 30. And he has taken off his feet as he crosses the 30 by Corey Harris.
Well, the Baltimore team is going to wind up winning their 11th straight game. I mean, that is getting the job done.
Well, it was a fantastic year for the Baltimore Ravens. It was an excellent year by these New York Giants as well. It made it something few teams could do. They got to this game.
Yeah, they fell apart a little bit here, but they really did have themselves an excellent year.
Collins throws out to the right and the catch is made by Pete Mitchell. His first catch of the ball game. Pete Mitchell was voted the sexiest man in the Super Bowl this year.
And then Tony Saragusta said, you know, they've never seen me with the proper clothing on. You know, he's going to be a mouthful after this game.
How about one MVP? How about Shannon Sharp? I don't mean for the MVP, I mean for the mouth of the year award.
Collins off a direct snap, throws it over the middle, it is kicked in the air and nearly picked off by Brad Jackson.
He had one thought in his mind, make the interception and go for touchdown because there was nobody in his way.
Brian Billich is going to win a Super Bowl. He was criticized earlier in the week for his stance on the whole Ray Lewis situation.
But one cannot take away from what the Ravens have accomplished this year. And Ray Lewis apparently was called the MVP. I think I heard right.
They called Ray Lewis the MVP. I disagree with that. I disagree with it too. Sam Adams played more effectively up front than Ray Lewis.
Collins throws after the right and is nearly picked off on the secondary by Dwayne Stark. 16 seconds left in the game. 34-7 Baltimore.
Largest margin of victory since Dallas Pete Buffalo. 52-17 in Super Bowl 27.
And our colleague James Lofton played in that one of the three Super Bowls. James played in, Dockery played in Super Bowl 3, Mullen played in four of them.
Umura Siasa in Super Bowl 23. So between the five of us we have played in nine Super Bowls.
Well, Ray Lewis is the defensive MVP. Between the five of us we have played in nine Super Bowls. I heard it. He heard it, he ignored it, move on.
You know, if Ray Lewis is the defensive MVP, he's the sixth defensive MVP. There he is. Sixth defensive MVP.
Boy, this guy comes full Chuck Howey, Jake Scott, Randy White, Richard Dent, and Larry Brown. And now Ed Ray Lewis.
And remember this time last year Ray Lewis found himself in an awful lot of trouble down in Atlanta.
A double murder charge and he fought his way back. This basically... Well, there's no question he's a great player.
I will never question him as a player on the football field without... the best. One of the best, and could be one of the best ever.
If he stays over. On the carry, I'm not sure he's got enough. Doesn't make any difference.
Dover boys, this game is... they still show three seconds on the clock. They haven't run it off yet, but they should.
This one has been over for a while. Now they do. 34-7 Baltimore. And a fitting end for a game where you try to run the ball and get a first down and you can't even do that.
The Raven defense shows itself again. I wonder the total yards were for today for the New York Giants and also for the Baltimore Ravens because I'm...
I guarantee their boats are under 300 yards, which is excellent defense.
Well, it was what the... Art Modell got himself a Super Bowl win finally.
Well, it's not going to be a popular decision in Cleveland. No, it's not. It may not be.
But he is a hero in Baltimore. You know, when the Colts left, when the Earths A's moved to Colts, that was a city that had a very proud history that has now found themselves with a Super Bowl.
And Brian Doik and these guys deserve a lot of credit. Total yards for both ones, 245. And for the New York Giants, 146. Brutal.
Art Modell in his 40th year in the National Football League. His first Super Bowl appearance.
The 1964 Cleveland Browns, by the way, beat Baltimore into the World Championship. That's before they called it Super Bowl, obviously.
But the Marra family, they've been involved in the NFL since 1925. Let's go down with one of the winners. And James lost it. James?
Guys, I'm with Kodri Ishmael, one of the star receivers for the Ravens. Everybody talked about defense, but it looks like you guys played some pretty good offense today.
Man, we wanted to go out there and show them all we got to do is go out there and play our style. And we know we can come up with some points. We know we can help our team win.
All that nonsense about our defense only. We all had to do was just take a pose and stay together as a team, and that's what we did.
Now, early in the ballgame, we got to talk to Rondé Barber, Tiki's twin brother. Is your brother here today?
My brother's here today. I had a chance to talk with him earlier on before the game, and he just encouraged me. And it's a great, great feeling.
Now the Ishmael family not only has a national championship from the NCAA, but we also have a world championship from the NFL.
So which finger are you going to put that thing on? I'm debating. I know I have some crooked fingers. I'm catching some tough passes, but I'm debating on whether or not I want to put it on my ring finger, on my right hand, on my middle finger, on my right hand. I don't know. We'll have to see.
Wherever you put it, it's going to look awfully good. John Dockery, you know a little bit about Super Bowl rings.
Yes, I do know a little bit about Super Bowl rings. I'm with the man who gets his first Super Bowl ring after 14 years Rod Woodson watched his life.
Oh, it's a wonderful feeling. You know, it's hard to put it into words. You know, you're the best team in the National Football League this year. Everything, all your goals you tried to set at the beginning of the football season, they got accomplished.
I mean, you just can't say enough. I mean, it hasn't set in yet. I think it's going to be a couple days before it all sets in.
What turned this season around? Was it the change of quarterback in mid-year? I think a little everything, you know. I think the change of quarterback.
I think fighting through the three game losing streak that we had, you know, fighting through the 20-something quarters our offense had an outscoring. We stuck together. We never pulled apart.
This is the ultimate team sport and we played a good football team. It was a good game today. What makes this defense so good? Speed, belief. We have a belief that we can shut anybody out.
We went out here and I think they did score on a defense. I mean, it's 34 to 7. We played well. I mean, Marv done a wonderful job. But we got to, with the coaching staff and all the good players we have on the football team, fire around having some fun. Only good things can happen.
Rod Woodson, congratulations. James Lupton, I'm here with Trent Dilford. Trent, you came out swinging right in the first half. A lot of passes. Touchdown passes to Stokely early. How does it feel now?
I don't know. I've never felt anything this good. You know, we expected to do this. But, you know, I think the most gratifying thing is looking before the game in the eyes of my teammates in the locker room and then looking back.
And we just knew. We knew we were the best football team in football. We knew we were a group of guys that would dive for one another. And I think that's what it's all about.
You and I talked before the ball game. You had been released by the Buccaneers in March. Didn't know what your future was going to hold. Could you have imagined a better script?
No, but you know, I just the last month I've meditated on a verse in the Bible. Everything's possible for him who believes. And I really thank God that he has developed character in me through the hard times. Every morning I wake up and I say, God, thank you that life's difficult sometimes.
Now you went into the locker room with an injury. Were you going to let a little pinky keep you out of the Super Bowl? No, no, I told them I didn't want to go off, but they thought I broke my hand. So they're making me get an x-ray. I was so mad. But at the same time, you got to let the people know what they're doing. Do it.
Trent Dilfer. How does it sound? Trent Dilfer, Super Bowl champion. I don't know. I can't even. I can't comprehend it right now.
Don Dockery, a lot going on up here. I don't know who you got on the other side, but you take it away. I got one of his favorite targets. Trent's favorite target. Shannon Sharp. Shannon, can you describe the emotion?
It feels great. You know, all the experts had all the why we're going to lose the ball game. But you know what? I say we have the best defense ever assembled. They displayed it today. Now there's no doubt in anybody's mind. That is the best 11 guys ever assembled.
Whoa. Third Super Bowl in four years to you. Can you compare them? Describe it? No, I can't compare them because the first one was great. But this one, I think this one's better because no one gave us a chance. We came out of nowhere.
The only people that believed was those people in the locker room. And we stuck together, no animosity. We don't care who gets the credit. All we care about is wins. I think we won today.
Congratulations, Shannon Sharp. Now back upstairs. All right, Doc. Well, let's join the celebration on the field. Before we do that, join Commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
Matt, you've been part of four Super Bowl champions. And you know what it takes to dedicate yourself for a season. And before we do that, let's go down to the Commissioner Paul Tagliabue as he presents the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Art Modell.
We congratulate you. We congratulate all of your players and Coach Billiken and his staff, your whole organization for bringing this Super Bowl championship back to Baltimore and to Baltimore's great fans for the first time in three decades. Congratulations.
Commissioner, thank you very much. To the people in Baltimore City, to the people in Baltimore County, and to the state of Maryland, this belongs to you.
Mr. Modell, for you, I know this is the completion of a dream. For the people who have followed your franchise for 40 years from Cleveland and to Baltimore, what do you have to say to them all?
I'm grateful to so many people. I want to thank my family, my son David, my son John, Ryan Billik, the best coach in the National Football League, Ozzie Newsom. And wait a second, wait a second. And my boss, Pat Modell.
Can I have a little can, please? Congratulations, Art. Congratulations. Let me bring in Brian Billik. This is an amazing thing. In just your second year as the head coach in Baltimore, you're bringing the title back to Maryland. How did you do it?
Well, I'll tell you what. I've been at this profession a while, but these guys here taught me, taught me this year for the first time in 25 years in business about what really teamwork is. And it's because of these guys right here.
Your team had a certain swagger all week. We could see it here. And on the field today, again, you just shut down the Giants, 4-5 turnovers. Tell me, does this validate your defense maybe as the best in the history of the National Football League?
I'm biased, but who cares? Someone tell me they're not. I'll argue it to the death.
Congratulations.
Brian. And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the most valuable player of Super Bowl 35, voted on by... All right, let's go to John Dockery.
Thank you, Art. And with Jermaine Lewis and Jermaine, congratulations. What does a win like this mean to the Baltimore Ravens?
I mean, it's great. All our hard work is paying off for us. You know, we're a championship team now. We can just hold this feeling forever. We just work hard and good things happen.
What a nice scene with your little son on your shoulders here. I know you've been through some rough times. Does this help to make up a little bit?
Oh, definitely. I mean, this is just a wonderful end to the year and everything just turning out good for us. And I'm just appreciative of all the things that God has given me.
Did the team think they could get one on the return today? Did you think so?
I thought so. I was confident that I could get some. I knew all I had to do was just stay on my feet and I would score.
Congratulations. James Lofton, over to you. I'm standing next to Marvin Lewis, who is watching his premier player, Ray Lewis, get interviewed as the Super Bowl MVP.
And I won't ask you any questions about your future because I think today is the day that you need to enjoy, right?
That's right. No question. All the credit goes to the defensive players, the defensive coaches, just been outstanding.
And as you see, they want to show people how good they are. And there's no question today they came out to play with that passion and set a standard they had all year. And this is the outcome.
I mean, could you imagine that you would actually shut them out offensively after the performance that the Giants had against the Vikings?
Well, you know, our guys are awful good and we set a tempo like nobody else. And the only thing I wanted to see different was what's in it.
Marvin Lewis has just escorted away from me, lifted up on his shoulders by Webster and Michael McCrary, John Dockery, coach of the year, obviously on the defensive side of the ball.
A lot of joy here with the Baltimore Ravens and Hunter Kyle Richardson's with me. And what a game for you today. Was that part of the game plan?
You know, it's all the hype that was going into this game and how they're going to bring it down on me and Brad, the other punter.
And, you know, it kind of turned that way because we both had a lot of attempts, but everybody made a lot of great plays.
And once again, we just did it as a team, you know, like we've been doing it for a long time all year. And, you know, I just can't explain it right now.
You know, Shannon Sharpe said, what you want is the confetti coming down on your head. It's unbelievable. It's unbelievable right now.
Was there a moment in this season in this game that turned it all around? Something maybe Brian Billocks said or somebody else said?
Brian's been awesome all year and it's always never been a doubt. You know, with the drought and everything, he kept saying, you know, we're going to be the playoffs.
Don't even worry about it. You know, nobody hesitated. Nobody doubted on our team. You know, everybody else did, but we didn't.
And maybe when we turned the corner down in Tennessee, maybe that was it. You know, the first game we won down there in Tennessee, that could have been it.
But who knows, you know? I mean, this is a team of team. You know, we win as a team. That's the way it is. I can't explain it.
Kyle Richardson, you certainly won as a team today. Congratulations. Howard, up to you.
All right, Doc. Well, 30 years ago, the Colts beat the Cowboys 16-13 and it was Jim O'Brien who delivered the winning field goal five seconds left in the contest.
As then the Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys by three. This Baltimore Raven team didn't want it to be this close and their special teams and their defense just dominated the Giants 34-7.