“THE NFL ON CBS” BEGINS AFC PLAYOFF COVERAGE WITH
BALTIMORE RAVENS-MIAMI DOLPHINS WILD CARD GAME #2 ON SUNDAY, JAN. 4 ON CBS
AUDIBLES WITH LEAD ANALYST PHIL SIMMS
THE NFL ON CBS begins its coverage of the 2009 American Football Conference Playoffs with the national broadcast of Wild Card Playoff Game #2 on Sunday, Jan. 4 (1:00 PM, ET) live on the CBS Television Network. AFC East champions and No. 3-seeded MIAMI DOLPHINS (11-5) host the No. 6-seeded BALTIMORE RAVENS (11-5).
CBS Sports’ lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action live from Dolphins Stadium in Miami, Fla. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer of THE NFL ON CBS and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.
CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s pre-game studio show (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM, ET), with host James Brown and analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, along with NFL TODAY “General Manager” Charley Casserly, as well as reporters Lesley Visser and Sam Ryan, live from THE NFL TODAY studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
Eric Mann is senior producer and Bob Matina is director of THE NFL TODAY.
CBS Sports’ coverage of the AFC Playoff games is in HDTV, the highest definition television format – 1080i lines of picture resolution – along with 5.1 digital audio.
Sean McManus is President, CBS News & 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 Baltimore-Miami)
I give the Dolphins a little bit of an advantage in this respect, they played the Baltimore Ravens. They experienced it. And so, they realized how strong they were, how hard they play and how unique their defense is when you see it live. Knowing they have that experience, the Dolphins can use that information and design, prepare and practice…(On Baltimore): They did so many things well in the first game that they are just going to try and do it again. They physically dominated the game. They did not let the so called “wildcat” disrupt much. They will draw upon that and tell themselves, ‘Hey, it’s playoffs. We just have to ratchet it up another notch.’ Also in Baltimore’s favor, they are so versatile on defense that even though you saw something the first time you played them, they may decide to give you something completely different. It is truly a guessing game. Can you have success against them? Yes you can. You can make plays against their defense. Most importantly, you must be well in tune and accept the fact that there will be a lot of bad plays. Sometimes just getting sacked or throwing it away and punting the football are all good options versus this Ravens defense…(On Chad Pennington): The big thing for him this year is that he did not have to rehab from injury this off-season. That gave him a chance to get stronger physically, and to rest mentally. He didn’t have to worry about whether he would be healthy. That is a tremendous mental strain on athletes, especially quarterbacks when you are talking about their throwing arm. He then got the fresh start in Miami where people appreciate, marvel and believe in what he is doing. He doesn’t get second-guessed. That is not a knock against New York and the fans. But if he had duplicated the season he has had in Miami and did it in New York, I don’t think people would be that excited about it. They would say, ‘Oh well, can he win the playoffs? Can he do it all?’ And if he can’t then, ‘We should have gotten someone who could have gotten us over the hump.’
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Following are THE NFL ON CBS assignments for the AFC Playoffs (subject to change).
AFC WILD CARD GAME #2 – Jan. 4, 2009
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
1:00 PM, ET starts:
Baltimore @ Miami Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME #1 – Saturday, Jan. 10
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
4:30 PM, ET starts:
TBD @ Tennessee Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf Mark Wolff/Bob Fishman
AFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME #2 – Sunday, Jan. 11
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
4:30 PM, ET start:
TBD @ Pittsburgh Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Sunday, Jan. 18
GAME PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
6:30 PM, ET start:
TBD Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Lance Barrow/Mike Arnold
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