October 8, 2009
THE NFL ON CBS: WEEK 5 (SUNDAY, OCT. 11)
AUDIBLES WITH LEAD “NFL ON CBS” ANALYST PHIL SIMMS
The CBS Television Network, home of Super Bowl XLIV, continues its Golden Anniversary 50th year broadcasting the NFL with THE NFL ON CBS on Sunday, Oct. 11 (1:00-7:00 PM, ET) beginning with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s one-hour studio show (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET), live from THE NFL TODAY studio in New York City.
THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz, who this year is marking his 25th with CBS Sports, and Phil Simms call the action from the New England Patriots-Denver Broncos game live from INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.
Throughout the 2009 season, THE NFL ON CBS will broadcast all of its games each week in HDTV, the highest definition television format – 1080i lines of picture resolution – along with 5.1 digital audio.
Sean McManus is President, CBS News and Sports, and serves as executive producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS. Harold Bryant is Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.
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PHIL SIMMS
(On New England-Denver Matchup): The big thing in the game when you watch the Patriots play is that New England gets on the field, and they stay on the field a long time with their offense. That really hurt all their opponents and even the Jets, who beat them. They tire your defense out and now your offense is always on the sideline as you’re watching Tom Brady complete another 3rd and 4 or 3rd and 5. I think New England sees the type of defense Denver’s running. They’ve seen it over the years with Baltimore, and some with the Jets with Eric Mangini. So they’ll be a little more prepared to play it than some of the other teams have to this point. I’m really interested to see how the New England Patriots react to Denver’s defense.
(On Denver’s Defense): Everybody’s asking all the time how has Denver’s defense changed so much? Well it’s changed so much because they’ve changed. They got a lot of new personnel. You know, they brought in Brian Dawkins; they brought in people like Darrell Reid who other guys don’t know about. They got draft picks and the scheme has changed. So there’s nothing they’re doing that resembles anything they tried to do last year and of course the results have been fantastic. So when it doesn’t work you do two things: get a different coach and get new personnel. Denver did both.
(On Brett Favre and his Performance Versus Green Bay on Monday Night): I noticed a few things in the game with him. First, the most glaring thing about him is that with the Vikings offense there’s nothing they do that he hasn’t done a thousand times. So his comfort level of calling plays and knowing where everybody is going to be on the field is extraordinary. No quarterback in history has been under the same system as many years as he has. Nobody in history! So that helps. Also, you can tell after four games, there’s a tremendous difference in week 4 than there was in week 1. Physically, his arm is live but also the biggest thing I’ve noticed is his legs. His feet look better, he looks more sound, and he’s just getting in game shape. He’s just getting in shape period. I don’t think he was in great shape when he went to training camp, but him getting in shape—we’re seeing that in his play. And quite honestly, if he played until he’s 45, he’ll still have the same arm that we see. So that arm is arguably—well I don’t know if it’s arguably anymore—the greatest arm the NFL’s ever seen.
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TRIP IN THE WAY BACK MACHINE…
In commemoration of THE NFL ON CBS celebrating its 50th year broadcasting the NFL, footage from historic highlights will be featured during each game. Included among the clips this week during the Oakland Raiders-New York Giants game is Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor’s game winning interception and touchdown return on November 25, 1982.
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Following are THE NFL ON CBS assignments for Week 5, Week 6 and Week 7 (subject to change).
WEEK 5 – Oct. 11 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Oakland @ N.Y. Giants Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
·Pittsburgh @ Detroit Dick Enberg/Dan Fouts Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
·Cleveland @ Buffalo Don Criqui/Randy Cross Ken Mack/Andy Goldberg
·Cincinnati @ Baltimore Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Mark Grant
4:15 PM, ET starts:
·New England @ Denver Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Houston @ Arizona Ian Eagle/Rich Gannon Bob Dekas/Chris Svendsen
·Jacksonville @ Seattle Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
WEEK 6 – Oct. 18 – CBS DOUBLEHEADER
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·Baltimore @ Minnesota Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
·Kansas City @ Washington Ian Eagle/Rich Gannon Bob Dekas/Andy Goldberg
·Cleveland @ Pittsburgh Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
·Houston @ Cincinnati Don Criqui/Randy Cross Ken Mack/Jim Cornell
4:15 PM, ET starts:
·Tennessee @ New England Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
·Buffalo @ N.Y. Jets Dick Enberg/Dan Fouts Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
WEEK 7 – Oct. 25
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
·New England-Tampa Bay Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
(London, England)
·Indianapolis @ St. Louis Kevin Harlan/Solomon Wilcots Jim Rikhoff/Bryan Lilley
·San Diego @ Kansas City Dick Enberg/Dan Fouts Bob Mansbach/Suzanne Smith
4:00 PM, ET starts:
·N.Y. Jets @ Oakland Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
·Buffalo @ Carolina Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker Victor Frank/Mark Grant
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