00:00The children will grow, and it's the final weekend of summer, but we've got the NFL, and we're underway on EA Sports.
00:08That'll be taken in the end zone, and no run back here. This will be a touchback, and he comes out to the 25-yard line.
00:18Mayfield on first down. That is caught by former Gator Antonio Catalu.
00:24And he's taken down, but able to slip across the 35. 13 yards, and the game's opening play.
00:32To win any route, you've got to break down the defender, and that's exactly what happened here on this really nicely executed curl route.
00:38So here's a first and 10 at the 38.
00:45The first carry now, this is Johnson. And able to get this one across the 45 before he's brought down.
00:52It's a gain of 10, and the Browns are going to get a first down.
00:55Well, I think that's what they're going to need to do here in the first half.
00:58You've got to take some pressure off of this young quarterback, and no better way to do it than to a scabbers to run a game early.
01:04Back-to-back good plays. Have him on the move on first down.
01:10Mayfield looks to throw. He's got a joke around the middle, and he is tackled inside the 40, not quite to the 35.
01:18Another nice game. 16 yards there, and a first down again.
01:23Not mean to jump in on you, partner, but they didn't waste any time getting downfield, did they?
01:27I mean, nice big play there.
01:28Three plays, three successful plays in cross territory.
01:31Now this defense on its heels again.
01:33It seems like they had something targeted there, doesn't it?
01:36It's like, okay, we've got a matchup we like coming right out of the gate.
01:39Let's go ahead and get right to it.
01:40A run for Nick Chubb.
01:42Batting won't get much.
01:44A couple.
01:45Down inside the 45 and the 34.
01:56And this will probably be the last play of the quarter.
02:03We're scoreless after one.
02:05On to the second from Cleveland.
02:07It's the Browns in control of the football, as they've got a second and eight forthcoming.
02:19Throwing on second and eight.
02:21Mayfield.
02:26And his throw is incomplete.
02:29The pro bowler, Odell Beckham, the intended receiver.
02:32And now it's third down.
02:33He's a little trainer-happy right there.
02:35And it turned into an ill-advised throw into their zone.
02:37We know he has confidence.
02:39He'll throw at any place, any time, anywhere.
02:41That time it fell into bleak.
02:43Got to get to the 26 for a first.
02:45This is third down.
02:49To try.
02:50Mayfield.
02:51Screen play.
02:52Johnson.
02:53And the play goes nowhere.
02:55Losing yardage back near the 49.
02:59Called out a loss of five yards on the play.
03:01And that's going to make it fourth down.
03:08So now on comes the field goal unit.
03:10And wow, this is no ordinary try here.
03:13This will be from 56 yards out.
03:15And that one will be no good.
03:21He never had it on line.
03:22It's well lined to the left.
03:24So good field position for the Packers.
03:26He's going to come out first and 10.
03:28Parker doesn't seem like it.
03:30But that's a tough spot for a kick.
03:31First drive of the game.
03:32And they're calling on him.
03:34He should be warmed up.
03:35He should be into the game.
03:36But sometimes it's almost like, oh, now already?
03:40Can't they put it in the end zone?
03:41What's going on here?
03:42Yeah, he's probably saying, if you can't get it in the end zone, can you give me a 30, 40, a long one?
03:47And he can't connect.
04:00Rodgers now on three score.
04:03And he's taken down.
04:05Should be a brown sack.
04:06Now the Packers are going to go ahead and use the second of their timeouts as they get the stoppage with a little over 50 seconds to go in the first half.
04:15Don't need it all back at once.
04:25But you figure they're going to need something here.
04:2717 yards to go on second down.
04:30Now it's Rodgers.
04:34Got a man.
04:34That's Allison.
04:36And he's corralled at the 40.
04:37But now the field picking up eight.
04:39Eight yards in the completion.
04:41But now they face third down.
04:42That looks like a nickel set now for the Browns on third down.
04:56Working from the gun.
04:58Rodgers.
05:00Caught on the right side by Jones.
05:02And he's got this down almost to the 20 before he's dropped.
05:06A good-looking drive for the Packers so far.
05:09It's the first down.
05:09Now a timeout signaled for.
05:12And they'll get it with 10 seconds to go before halftime.
05:16Let's go.
05:17Let's go.
05:17So even though it's first down, here's the field goal unit on now to try to get three before halftime.
05:38It's a 39-yard attempt right hedge.
05:41And the 12-year veteran knocks it right through.
05:44And we have action on the scoreboard just before halftime.
05:47It's 3-0.
05:49So we will not go into the locker's time.
05:51We do have a leader in the clubhouse, so to speak.
05:53Yeah, it's only three points.
05:54Doesn't seem like much.
05:56But it looms big the way that they got it done right before the half ended.
05:59Let's go.
06:29After the main field goal, now Crosby will do the kickoff duties.
06:34This one taken from the 7.
06:41And a nice return.
06:42Sets him up pretty good here at the 30-yard line.
06:45Trying to get one more in here before the quarter breaks.
06:50Final play and a half.
06:51Mayfield.
06:52And he's able to get this to the 40-yard line before he's out of bounds.
07:02So we've reached halftime.
07:04All we have to show for the first half, a lone field goal.
07:063-0, our score.
07:08As we'll send you down to Orlando, we check in with Jonathan Coachman for our EA Sports halftime report.
07:14Coach.
07:15And nice work on the return as they'll start their drive.
07:18Just past the 30-yard line.
07:20Wanted scrimmage the 30-yard line.
07:22First and 10.
07:24He gets away from one.
07:26It'll be tackled shy of the 35.
07:28Pretty shifty footwork, but didn't buy him much.
07:31Three yards there to begin the third quarter.
07:33They also lead by three points.
07:35The goal of a wide receiver, Sprint, is get enough blockers in front to create a wall
07:39and let him pick his spot to run the football.
07:41How about the defense there swarming to it and not allowing that to happen.
07:45Did not let him get downfield.
07:49On second and seven.
07:51Rodgers throwing over the middle and it's incomplete.
07:55How about the defensive effort from both of these teams that we've seen in this game?
07:59Would you say it's like a high-stakes chess match right now?
08:03Chess is one way to go.
08:04Yeah, I like it.
08:05Okay, the only reason I say that, you feel like they're contemplating their moves
08:09before actually making one and none of them being done very confidently.
08:14Truth be told, I've never played chess and I know that I'm not smart enough to play chess.
08:18And the Browns pressure gets to him that time and he's going to go down.
08:22He's being successful.
08:23They were looking for him coming out to start the third quarter.
08:25Get a sack.
08:26Get off the field.
08:27Get the momentum going in their direction.
08:28Get the ball back to your offense where I get that momentum because, hey,
08:31this lead is very, very slim.
08:33Here's J.K.
08:34Scott now.
08:35And surprisingly, this is the first punt of the game for either team.
08:39He steps into this one and this is a rocket.
08:47The Browns drive about to get started.
08:49And the way this offense has played thus far, to be frank,
08:52I think I'm going to feel pretty grateful to be in the ball game.
08:54I would agree with you totally because they've done all of nothing offensively in this game,
08:58yet they still find themselves in a position on this drive where a touchdown can give them the lead.
09:04They need to take advantage of it.
09:05They're still looking for that first touchdown here in the third quarter.
09:08All they have so far, the field goal.
09:10A big change in field position there.
09:12That's 40 yards on the catch and run.
09:16And it should be the final play before the quarter ends.
09:23Now a play fake here on first down.
09:26He's going to be taken down.
09:28Nice second.
09:29I want to be the final play of quarter number three.
09:36We have played three quarters.
09:38We'll return with more after this.
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09:46So that complicates things a bit here.
09:4818 yards to go now on second down.
09:54Now Mayfield.
09:59And he can't get a throw away.
10:01He's taken down.
10:03Give the sack to Blake Martinez.
10:06When that takes a start to have a good drive,
10:07play like a big loss on a sack, does he?
10:09Now they're looking at a third and long,
10:11and suddenly the momentum shifted to the other side of the football.
10:14And Old Mel is a very, very fickle man.
10:16Woo!
10:17Talking about it.
10:29Mayfield against Brown's offense,
10:36staring at a third and long now after the sack.
10:41Back to three.
10:45And that will be incomplete.
10:47Two huge plays there down the stretch.
10:50The sack on second down.
10:51Now they force the incompletion.
10:53That's going to lead to a do or die fourth down.
10:55And they look like they've got the confidence right now
10:56that no matter what gets thrown against them,
10:58when whatever play gets run,
11:00they have to go in and shut it down.
11:02They're just brimming with it right now.
11:06Mayfield to turn for it on fourth.
11:11As he throws,
11:12and this is going to be incomplete.
11:15They've had to go for it with such little time remaining.
11:18And the Packers are going to get the football back
11:20in excellent field position.
11:22Pretty nice work defensively there on the first down run
11:25as they hold them to a gain of a couple.
11:27Now the Browns segment for the second of their timeouts.
11:30As they'll get it with just under 90 seconds remaining.
11:33The Green Bay offense now about ready to take possession here.
11:37And barring mistakes,
11:38they should be able to kneel this one out and finish it off.
11:40And there's only one timeout remaining
11:42on the defensive side of the ball,
11:44so that doesn't really come into play either.
11:45This in all probability,
11:47another run here on second and eight.
11:50Now Rodgers.
11:51To the tight end and completed.
11:53Sternberger over the middle.
11:55The Browns are quickly using their third and final timeout.
11:59And they'll be disappointed to have to burn one there
12:01after giving up the first down.
12:13Not totally home free yet,
12:15but it's looking good as they come up first and ten.
12:20Now a first down carry by Jones.
12:23He's got a first down and much more inside the 20.
12:26And he's got it all the way down to the 12-yard line.
12:29That's good for 21 yards and a first down.
12:32And they picked up a little bit of yardage there.
12:34And now, in this situation,
12:36should be in no hurry to run a play really fast.
12:39Let the clock wind down.
12:40He's got it.
12:41He's got it.
12:43I'm coming up to you.
12:44I'm coming up to you.
12:46I'm coming up to you.
12:46I'm coming up to you.
12:48You can get it.
12:49Rodgers will take a knee here,
12:51and that should be on the shoe road.
12:54Brent, I can just tell you from experience,
12:55there's nothing like pitching a shutout on defense,
12:58but even more so when it's a tight game.
13:01I mean, when every defensive play is crucial,
13:03and you don't give up any points,
13:05boy, they're going to feel awfully good about themselves
13:07after this one.
13:08Yeah, exactly.
13:08The offense wasn't humming,
13:10but, hey, all they needed was,
13:12you can't score one point.
13:13All they needed was two points.
13:15You can't score two points on offense.
13:16All they needed was at least three.
13:17They got what they needed.
13:18They got what they needed.
13:20Exactly right.
13:21So it's all over.
13:22A Green Bay victory,
13:24and not all Ws are created equal, CeeDee,
13:26and this one came in shutout fashion.
13:28Now, the offense certainly didn't need to do anything, right?
13:30They could take the day off,
13:31and they did,
13:32but the defense,
13:33they carried them in a big way.
13:34Yeah, look,
13:35the offense obviously stuff to work on,
13:37but they did enough,
13:38and the defense carried the load.
13:40You know what they say?
13:40It's always fun to work on things
13:43if it didn't go well in your game
13:44with a victory in your pocket,
13:46and that's what they've got going forward.
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