rookie or second-year player? i think if you ever stop doing that and say i don't have to work on that, that's when it's getting you and when i think you are kind of selling yourself short. i feel i've been doing the same things i've been doing all along. >> when you see brett favre wearing a minnesota viking helmet, do you ever imagine yourself playing for the titans or -- how weird is that? >> i'm not comfortable with brett in a vikings helmet. brett favre is a green bay packer and always will be to me. people start to ask me, what about the -- they throw that r-word out to me and you start talking about the r-word it creeps it in your mine. i feel young and enjoy what i'm doing. >> 10 yords or -- 10 words or less, describe johnny unitas. >> in the manner of a passing game, complete winner and tough. >> what's it going to mean to you when you surpass him as the all-time winner in colts history? >> i'm uncomfortable with the comparisons to unitas. and i realize why they happen and the main one being i wear the same uniform that he wore and i wear a number one west of him and do wear black high tops which i do like. i can't get the flat tops. my dad always told me his two favorite athletes growing up are mickey mantle and johnny unitas and that puts it in perspective for me and know the impact johnny unitas had on a lot of people and the nfl and the passing game. he's a winner and won a lot of games there for the baltimore colts. so i am proud to wear the same uniform as him but i still see him in another level that, you know, i'm not comfortable with those compare sons. >> one thing peyton manning has going for him is he makes his 178th straight start. last time he was on this field in south florida he was m.v.p. of super bowl xli. we're back with boomer and t.j. and "the blitz." a pair of teams winning in unexpected fashion. how aaron rodgers came so close to a game-winning drive. see how frank gore made fantasy owners very happy sunday. adrian peterson sees daylight and rarely disappoints. drew brees threw less touchdowns this week and the saints scored twice as much as the eagles. >> welcome back. no donovan mcnabb out for philly with a cracked rib and drew brees with a 6-touchdown pass pace. i'm kidding. maybe not. here we go. the eagles, who is that? is that sheldon brown coming out to try to scare the eagles. kevin kolb in his first career start but you'll need to score points against drew brees. six touchdown passes last week, two went to jeremy shockey. the opening drive of the game, 15 yards. certainly brees would be off a little bit to start. maybe not. third and four, five yards is shockey. at the 15, a little fake, a little toss. marcus olson, 5-5, brees on the drive. 7-0, new orleans. >> look at the route. look where the ball is delivered, away from the defender, on the inside shoulders. spun him around a little bit. watch the accuracy. >> but kevin kolb says ok, i get it. desean jackson says i've got it. 71 quard. he's gone it. tied at 7-7-it's kolb's first. in his career in limited action, two minutes to go in the half. third and 5, the eagles own 8. kolb trying to make something behind jackson, forced to pubt. -- forced to punt. the saints at their own 46. drew brees. fakes that good eagle pass rush but not on this day to reggie bush. works his way 29 yards to the 25-yard line. where? drew brees in business. it's colston, what about that pass and catch? >> again, look where the defender is and where he puts the ball for colston, up and away from the defender for the back shoulder. >> hats off says sean payton the coach. 17-13 at the half. now we showed you bad day patriots even for the ex-patriots. ellis hobbs. it's a fumble. chris reese recovers for the saints and in beautiful field position. this is all brees needs. here's one expatriate that had a good day, heath evans somehow avoids getting stopped and a beautiful play in the end zone, 11-yard touchdown, 24-13. the back breakers so quick. picked off by scott chanceling. mike bell in the shadow of the liberty bell goes into the end zone, 31-13, just like that. then it's 1:12 to go but a little history. darren sharper from his own 3. he-could-go-all-the-way. 97-yard interception. putting sharper tied with hall of famer ken houston, deion sanders. and with nine interception returns for a touchdown. only hall of famer rod woodson with more, 12. drew brees, nine touchdown passes in two weeks. to five different guys. three on this day. the saints hang 48 on the eagles in philly. drew brees, i would say he's hot. >> you look at the offensive line, they've been together a long time, jamaal has been absent and the guys stepped up. as a skilled group we've been together now. shockey is coming along and we're excited with what we have. >> obviously too many mistakes. it's my responsibility. and i have to make sure this thing is right. it wasn't right today. any phase of it. it was an absolutely horrendous performance. >> it will be kolb again at home against kansas city. tennessee a week off to ponder the tough loss, going against division rival houston. chris johnson, what kind of game would he have? gone. 57 yards. the titans lead 7-0. matt schaub to andre johnson. wait a minute. houston shackled by the jets last week, not shackled anymore. >> that's why people think andre johnson is the best receiver in the league. those kinds of hands and that kind of footwork, the build, the speed, everything. >> now chris johnson. he's wide open. takes the quick sling from kerry collins and he's gone to the chagrin of your teammate gary kubiak. nobody there. 14-7, temperature. >> every now and then you miss a coverage. the quarterback sees it right away, i don't care what the play is, give it to him and let him go. >> 24-7, tennessee at home. they've got to put it away, matt stump the schaub. 21-14. now tied at 24-24. what? he goes inside. he's gone. 91 yards. chris johnson ran for 197, caught 87 more yards worth. tennessee leads 31-24. just seconds left in the third. and jacobi jones signals for a fair catch. tennessee is in business. jason mccourty has it but on a fair catch, like the infield fly rule. it's got to hit the ground first? >> he calls fair catch and he's got to have an opportunity to field the ball even though as he does here ed he muffed and gets a chance to receive the kick. >> jeff fisher upset but the ball hits the ground and then it's fair game. and schwab meanwhile, same score, toss to steve slaton and keith bulluck makes a big play but now this continues on at the sidelines. this is not a good team, division rivals, tennessee on the houston sideline, number 191 -- 91 jason jones is tossed from the game, one of the big device inside with haynesworth gone. so tossed. and he goes to the locker room. he gets a standing o but it didn't help. less than eight minutes to go, tied at 31- 1. schaub to jacobi jones. again, he's wide open to the texans' 25. 44-yard play, fourth and inches. first down on the schaub keeper. they get a field goal to go up 34-31. same score, under two to go. kerry collins, scrambling. uh-ho. it's a fumble. it's recovered, texas. that's it. 21-7, tennessee lead dissipates and houston looking like the team many thought they would be. houston wins it 34-31. so the big news here is the tennessee titans, 10-0 last year before their first loss. they're 0-2 and that's got to be a surprise. >> it is and the surprise is how they're playing defensively in terms of their pass rush and their coverage schemes, they certainly are having problems giving up too many big plays downfield but give credit to the houston texans as well to getting some balance. tennessee ran the ball for 240 yards. but the houston texans ran the ball more. 29 times they gave matt schaub some balance and opened up things in the passing game. >> maybe it's the jets defense they shackled out of the and new england. i'm throwing it out there. >> give ourselves a little bit. maybe a month but tennessee is scratching its head. you talk about a heartbreak last week. here we go with the bengals and how can they come back against a team that won a hard stopper. the packers at lambeau field. michael finley and greg jennings can't hold on. it would be that sort of day, huh? no, this sort of day. antoine odom of the bengals who sacked rogers not once, not twice, not three times, not four times. but he sacked him five times. eddie edward had the cincinnati record at five. now antoine odom in the record books. game tied at 21-21. cedric benson, we dusted them off. ♪ >> ♪ on broadway note >> benson, 29 carries for 141. 23 years, we can do what we want. palmer, chad ochocinco, he can do what he wants. here's a touchdown. let me find a bengal cheesehead. i know they're hard to find in green bay but there it is. he does it himself. that's great. now the score 31-24. the packers have gotten the field goal and the onside kick and you knew it would happen, practice mom williams -- tramon williams recovers the ball. not again. rogers, donald duke in the driver. tick, tick, tick. five, four, line up. tick, tick, tick. wait a minute. oh. false start. and when you do that in the last 10 second they run off the clock. >> 10-second runoff. >> that's it, just like that. the bengals hold on to win it and the packers lose a game they expected to win. congrats to cincinnati who wins it 31-24. you know what, there is a man upstairs. maybe it's the new year for the jewish folks, i don't know. cincinnati, buffalo, oakland, chicago, lost heartbreakers last week, they all won this week. >> you think about the teams like the atlantas and the saints and the jets certainly distinguishing themselves early on in the season. >> saints have scored 93 points, the second most ever to start the season in two games. only the mad bomber, darryl ammonica and the 1965 raiders scored more out of the gates than the saints. ready for fall? >> yeah. >> for tom jackson, i'm chris berman. thanks for watching. but still more football. seahawks-49ers. both squads open with a win but the niners didn't run it much. frank gore, two yards. you got eight guys in the box. if you get through there's only three left to beat and there goes frank gore. he's running like people are chasing him. they are but won't get him. 39-yard touchdown run for gore. the 49ers win it 10-0. looks like he dove but he got tired and fell over. matt hasselbeck, plagued his ole shown. that's not request. patrick willis is on him. he won't return, x-rays negative. we have to monitor his progress. wallace to jones. seahawks down 13-10 at the half. let's flash back because you can actually never see enough barry sanders. he's retired in the hall of fame but sometimes you like barry to wash over you. last guy with two touchdown rushes at least 79 yards or more was the great barry sanders. in the third quarter. put nine in the box. that didn't work. let's go nine. if you get by the nine then there's only two left to chase you. how's that? two t.d.'s, 207 yard, 16 carries. miners won 23-10. no heroic come, the jets defense stepping up. mark sanchez feels for tom brady. and a cowboys search puts them on the heels. wnba, first round of the playoffs from the western conference. sparks-storms. winner take all game 3. first quarter, lisa leslie, great ball movement there. free-throw was good. sparks up by nine. second quarter, passing game underrated in the wnba. the vet tina tosmson finding the the phoenix-san antonio game in the conference finals. >> you saw frank gore and barry sanders. how about we unleash peterson. brett favre sets a record for showing up to work on sundays. what does it mean for the lions? you may want to stick around. hsp greetings from miami where the dolphins won the division last year and were terrific taking care of the ball. only 13 turnovers. but four in the week one loss against atlanta and now ron, here come the indianapolis colts and the defensive ends for a huge challenge. >> chad pennington talked to us about ball security. he was responsible for two turnovers a week ago, one fumble, one interception. you have to look at the dolphins offensive line, vernon kerry at right tackle matched against mathis coming off the corner with real speed and gets on the quarterback quick. making it tougher jake long at the left tackle spot against dwight freeney, the human twister. he comes at the quarterback and forces you to move in the pocket. we can talk passing game all day and the pass rush. the key for the dolphins will have to be run the football and negates the pass rush. >> the colts on the other side put up 14 opponents in beating jacksonville week one and marvin harrison no longer with the team, anthony gonzalez with a knee replacement and he's out. how do the colts go on without their weapons on the outside? >> starts with peyton manning. peyton manning wins one more game he's the all-time winningest quarterback in colts history. he still has a lot of firepower, starting with reggie wayne who will line up on his left. he's going to see a rookie corner in shawn smith and they still have dallas clark and an outstanding backfield combination of joseph addai and a rookie donald brown. the colt are for real and i think peyton manning is eager to prove it. >> the colts-dolphins monday night. we'll see you from south florida at 8:30 eastern. brett favre back on the n.f.c. north schedule as the vikings in detroit to face the lions. favre making his 271st straight start setting an nfl record. by the way, 13 in the last 15 starts against detroit with a win but he's struggling early on, the exchange between raidry an peterson leading to a fumble and favre going down. jason hunter, how about the lions defense bringing it? peterson to a loss, held to 41 yards in the first half. larry foote, former steeler, sacking favre. the defense, looking good. remember, detroit, they haven't tasted victory in 18 games. matthew stafford, number one pick overall, first career touchdown. plenty more between this connection to calvin johnson. lions were up 10-7 at the half and up twice geps the vikings last year and won both games. adrian peterson, the man can finish. check out the old man, brett favre laying a belong on buchanan. adrian peterson, loving the contact. his skin is scaley so watch out. he puts his head down. peterson delivers the blows. you can't hit him. favre appreciates the effort. once again, adrian peterson, 15 carries, 92 yards, again delivering the knockout on anthony henry. peterson again, 27-yard touchdown. and the vikings, well, remember they were down 10-0? now they're up 17-10. jerod allen calls brett favre the silver fox. everyone call him the silver fox. he finds percy harvin. he had 23-27, 155, and the vikings win 27-13. >> i call charlie rich the silver fox. jets-patriots, and then the new york green spiced things up and the new york blue getting a chance to christen the taj mahal of texas. >> next year will be the giants and texans to open the new dig s. >> in throwing the cowboys for a loss on what was to be a glorious grand opening, tony romo disappointed himself most of all. despite vowing in the off-season to emphasize protecting the football romo had three inexplicable interceptions, all of which the giants made into touchdowns. >> i know why i made a couple of the throws and i look back now and stupid. but like i said, you always have a reason at the time and you have to make sure to tell your brain at those specific moments, the instinct is part of it, pull back or move on. >> while the mistakes remain at least romo discarded the aura of indifference he created last year when things went back and revealed his angst right now. >> it hurts right now and will hurt again tomorrow and the whole deal but i will improve from it. and you know, this football team did a great job tonight and i'm, you know, sorry i wasn't able to play up to the level the rest of the guys did. >> romo acknowledged he felt guilty about failing owner jerry jones on such an important night but the quarterback received widespread support in the locker room. in fact wide receiver roy williams said it's not time to panic and romo will keep his head up. in arlington, texas, i'm ed werder, espn. the jets defense came into sunday's game talking big, then they played even bigger. >> you can talk and back it up. doesn't care what you say. you don't want to get too many things like this. >> let's be honest, he said some controversial stuff. all we can do is just come to his back. now we've done that, i hope he doesn't do it anymore, but -- [laughter] >> whatever they're doing is working so far. the defense has yet to allow a touchdown this season. even on sunday when tom brady looked ready for his usual late game heroics, getting the ball with two minutes to go, the jets made sure he never made it past his own 28-yard line. >> i'm sure everybody out there in television land were just expecting another brady comeback, you know, the defense is out there and knew it would come down to us and wanted it no other way. >> our defense is filled with studs. i play against them every day so i know how hard it is. i felt for thomas he was throwing the ball out there. it's difficult. it looks like you're playing against 20 people. are in the hallway after the game mark sanchez sought out brady and bill belichick and shook both their hands, never gloating he'd become just the second rookie to defeat a belichick new england convince. but during the second half, sanchez was seen skipping to the huddle. mangold said, he's being a kid. you can't tell me this team isn't having fun. in the meadowland, i'm rachel nichols, espn. >> pucker up, the new york daily news, with the message of kiss off after the jets back up the talk and beat the patriots. by the way, the giants also getting a big win against the cowboys. how about a nation baseball report? final red sox-royals matchup of the season which is a bummer for boston who are 15-2 so far. dice-k had it working. felix pie watches a strike go by. nick markakis. he strikes out the side in the first. into the third, 4-0, boston. it appears they're on their way of going 16-2 against them in the regular season and won't see them in the playoffs. jacoby ellsbury drives. the sox go up 6-0. jason bay hits his 359 of the year, tiing a career high with three r.b.i.'s, bringing his total to 110, a new career high. sox win it 9-3. big series with the yankees looming. a rimmeder that -- a reminder that espnboston.com is the best place for boston sports, much to be discussed about the patriots and also the b's and the c's and b.c., which is boston college, espnboston.com. with the rangers losing to the angels, the yankees can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the mariners. joba chamberlain, 0-3 the last seven starts, struggling as of late. ken griffey jr. getting it done, the double to ride. jose lopez comes in. bottom second now, chamberlain, men on second and third, intentionally walked ichiro to load the bases. next batter is franklin gutierrez. he gets the free pass. 3-0, mariners. a run comes in. and 39-year-old ken griffey jr., joba chamberlain is the 405th victim. that is home run number 627 for ken griffey jr. joba is winless in his last seven starts. yankees are not a sure lock to win the a.l. east. their lead is five games but down to four in the always important loss column. the schedule this week featuring a trip to anaheim against the angels where they historically struggle and the red sox in k.c. for four games. as john mentioned, the series in the bronx, three games coming up this weekend. still to come, they stumbled mightily in four quarters with the loss to the jets. jaws tells us why there's no reason for bill belichick and the pats to panic. plus n.l. central rivalry. a little drama. umpires in extra inn (kara) when my dry contacts bother me, i just can't go on with my day. l the r