"What we saw Thursday night was the heart of a champion and it only takes a couple of plays from your great players to turn a football game around." – Warren Sapp on if the Indianapolis Colts will make the playoffs
"Jason Garrett deserves that job." – Michael Irvin on if Cowboys interim head coach Jason Garrett has earned the Cowboys head coaching position
"NFL GameDay Morning" the first pregame show on the air Sunday morning is in its third season on the air at 9 a.m. ET, taking viewers straight up to kickoff. New host Rich Eisen joins analysts Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Marshall Faulk and Steve Mariucci to bring fans the latest news, injury reports, pregame analysis and game previews.
Quotes from "NFL GameDay Morning":
"I'm worried about how this will show up on the field for the New York Giants, and it will show up. It's just a matter of [whether they] can overcome it early, get their minds [right] and get back to football whenever they play that game?" – Michael Irvin on the New York Giants adjusting to their Week 14 game vs. Vikings being postponed due to weather
"I have to say yes…what we saw Thursday night was the heart of a champion and it only takes a couple of plays from your great players to turn a football game around." – Warren Sapp on if the Indianapolis Colts will make the Playoffs
"Tom Brady is certainly in the driver's seat." – Steve Mariucci on the season MVP
"It's not what happens before you lose; it's what happens after you lose. Do you continue the streak of losing or do you stop it right there and get a win? The two times the Jets have lost, they've answered and won after those games." – Marshall Faulk on the New York Jets
"It's a good football team, not a great one." – Mariucci on the New York Jets
"The [Dallas] cornerbacks cannot, will not be able to run with DeSean Jackson. You can just forget it right now…This will be too much for the Dallas Cowboys, this high-powered, potent offense of the Philadelphia Eagles." – Irvin on tonight's Dallas-Philadelphia matchup
"They started paying attention to details in practice." – Irvin on the changes in Dallas under interim head coach Jason Garrett
"From the outside looking in, it looked like a coach that had all the control, but showed very little control." – Faulk on Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan's handling of Albert Haynesworth situation
"Veterans do not speak out against other players unless it gets into the locker room and affects the play of other players. We saw that and Mike Shanahan never should have let that happen. You never let a cancer spread. You kill it, you cut it off and get it out of your locker room." – Faulk on Redskins' handling of Albert Haynesworth situation
"I don't think he could have played today. I think it would be a miracle if he could play, even on Monday." – Mariucci on Vikings QB Brett Favre
"It was less encouraging to me that he would answer the bell." – Mariucci on his conversation with QB Brett Favre
"They're not the best team they've ever had, but they are pretty darn good right now." – Mariucci on the New England Patriots
"This is a ball club that is playing good football. They have an offensive coordinator that understands it and a defensive coordinator that understands it. This team is primed for a run." - Sapp on the Kansas City Chiefs
"Jason Garrett deserves that job." – Michael Irvin on if Cowboys interim head coach Jason Garrett has earned the Cowboys head coaching position
"When Mother Nature meets up with "Old Man Winter" for a football game, anything can happen." – Mariucci on the weather conditions around the NFL
Jason La Canfora 1-on-1 with Jaguars Head Coach Jack Del Rio:
"Really with just hard work and commitment. Our guys have stayed the course. Players, coaches; everyone is staying together, working hard and getting a little bit better. Our execution has been better and the work ethic has been strong since the first day of OTAs." – Del Rio on the Jaguars improvement
On NFL.com the following video clips from NFL GameDay Morning are available for viewing: .
Who is the toughest QB in the NFL? – Brett Favre has the streak, but is he the toughest quarterback in the NFL? "NFL GameDay Morning" debates - Toughest QB.
Will the Colts make the Playoffs? – After an impressive showing on Thursday Night Football, "NFL GameDay Morning" discusses whether or not the Colts will make the playoffs - Colts playoffs.
Has Tom Brady clinched the MVP? – Is Tom Brady a lock for the NFL MVP award? "NFL GameDay Morning" debates - Brady MVP.
Is Falcons defense super enough? – The "NFL GameDay Morning" crew looks at the Falcons defense and debates whether they have a Super Bowl caliber unit - Falcons defense.
Extra points:
»"Thursday Night Football" features San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers: Following last Thursday's rebound of the Indianapolis Colts against the Tennessee Titans, the San Diego Chargers look to follow suit and stay alive in the playoff picture Week 15 on "Thursday Night Football" against the San Francisco 49ers. New game analyst Joe Theismann joins Matt Millen and play-by-play voice Bob Papa in the booth with Alex Flanagan covering the sidelines. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET with the pregame show Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears. Rich Eisen, Marshall Faulk, Steve Mariucci, Deion Sanders and Kara Henderson are live from Dolphin Stadium, while Fran Charles, Jim Mora, Jay Glazer, Sterling Sharpe and Kurt Warner provide analysis from Los Angeles. .
»"The Coaches Show" is back: NFL Network's "The NFL Head Coaches" is back for its second season airing Mondays at 5 p.m. ET. The weekly half-hour show features former head coaches Brian Billick and Jim Mora who have been on the sidelines and experienced the ups and downs associated with being at the helm of a team in the National Football League. Billick and Mora candidly break down the biggest storylines and decisions behind the final scores of Sunday's matchups from a head coach's perspective.
»Sophomore season debut of wildly popular "NFL RedZone": Following a rookie season that changed the way fans watch the NFL forever, "NFL RedZone" returns for 2010 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. Hosted byScott Hanson and produced by NFL Network from its state-of-the-art studio in Los Angeles at NFL Network's headquarters in Los Angeles, "NFL RedZone" whips around every NFL game on Sunday afternoons delivering the touchdowns and most exciting moments as they happen and in high definition. When a team goes inside the 20-yard line, fans see the crucial plays live. The channel keeps fans up-to-date in real time, switching from game to game with live look-ins, highlights and a chance to see every important play. "NFL RedZone" has more than quadrupled its distribution roster since its rookie campaign last season with availability on 80 affiliates across the country including: AT&T, Comcast, DISH Network, Cox, Insight, Suddenlink, RCN and Verizon. In addition, the channel is also available at every NFL stadium. For more information visit RedZone.
"NFL GameDay Morning" begins the NFL Network schedule on Sundays, which will now be called "NFL GameDay." Following "NFL GameDay Morning" will be "NFL GameDay StatZone" at 1 p.m. ET, NFL GameDay Scoreboard at 4 p.m., "NFL GameDay Highlights" at 7:30 p.m. and "NFL GameDay Final "at 11:30 p.m.
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