Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday January 5 2003 ’ National Football Loeguo — — — -- -L Jets continue to soar rout 0lts ! tosses 3 Pennington touchdowns n victory EAST RUTHERFORD NJ (AP) — After what they went through to make the playoffs what a waste it would have been to exit early That was the message Herman Edwards gave his New York Jets They heeded it superbly routing the befuddled Indianapolis Colts 4 1 0 Saturday -- After barely getting into the postseason the Jets emphatically showed they belong with their biggest playoff victory and their first postseason shutout Chad Pennington the sparkplug of their turnaround threw for three touchdowns LaMont Jordan ran for two and the defense had Peyton Manning from the outset and the Colts “I am so proud of my teammates to see in every one of them that they are not complacent" Pennington said “To me it’s special when you’re able to step in the huddle and see the intensity and focus in the eyes of your teammates” New York (10-7- ) began the season but won seven of its last nine to storm to off-stri- de 1- -4 the AFC East title on the final day of the season The surge continued against the wild-car- d Colts (10-7- ) ‘‘This is a breath of fresh air but it is only the first win on a long road" Wayne Chrebet said The Jets will be at either Oakland or Tennessee next weekend It was their first postseason victory since 1998 when they made it to the AFC champiamhip game and die score matched the last playoff game at die Meadowlands when die Qiants beat Minnesota for the 2000 NFC title “I’m 82-- 0 in my last two playoffs here” said safety Sam Games who was with those Giants “It definitely feels good to do 41 0 as a Jet” The only more lopsided shutout win in NFL postseason history was Chicago’s 73-- 0 victory over Washington for the 1940 title This was the fust NFL playoff game featuring two black head coaches The Colts' Tony Dungy and the Jets' Edwards longtime friends are the only black head coaches in the league Edwards spent five seasons as Dungy’s top assistant in Tampa before becoming the Jets' coach in 2001 The student came out on top of the mentor because his offense was unstop -- pable his defense stingy and his special teams dominant “I’m just thankful for our friendship and the chance he gave me to stand here and be a head coach” Edwards said Dungy said he’ll be rooting for Edwards’ team the rest of the way ' “They played awfully well and made us look awfully bad” said Dungy who took Indianapolis from 0 to 10-- 6 in his first season after being fired by the Bucs On the Jets’ fifth offensive play Pen- 6-1- nington’s screen pass floated into Richie Anderson’s hands and he rambled down score The the left side for a touchdown was the longest of his career the longest this season for the Jets and the longest scoring play from scrimmage in their playoff history Harri'Die Peyton son connection got the Coltsmoving — for just about the only time — immediately after the TD withthree completions for 38 yards But Mike Vandeijagt was field goal short and wide with a into the wind John Hall made one from the same spot early in the second quarter for a 10-56-ya- rd 10-ye- ar Manning-to-Marv- in 41-ya- rd 0 lead AP photo Richie Anderson front runs past the Indianapolis Colts' Walt Harris (21) and David Macklin on his way to a touchdown during Saturday's AFC Wild Card game New York Jets fullback Three Raiders to start in Pro Bowl HONOLULU Joining Taylor up front are end Trevor Pryce of IXnver and tackles Richard Seymour of New England and Gary Walker of Houston The other linebackers are Joey Porter of Pittsburgh and Junior Seau of San Diego Houston's Aaron Glenn joins Surtain at comerhack The (AP)-T- hree Oakland Raiders veterans including NFL most valuable player Rich Gannon will start for the AFC in the Pro Bowl Gannon will face a lot of Tampa Bay defenders End Simeon Rice tackle Warren Sapp linebacker Derrick Brooks and safety John Lynch of the Buccaneers all are NFC starters Gannon will be throwing to teammate Jerry Rice and Raiders safety Rod Woodson also will start in the game Feb 2 There also will be three starters from the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins Kansas City running back Priest Holmes and Cincinnati fullback Lorenzo Neal will he in the backfield with Gannon The tight end will he Kansas City’s Tony Gonzalez and the other wideout is Marvin Har- AP photo a host of Green Bay Packers during Saturday's NFC Wild Card Green Bay its first home playoff loss handing Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick (7) breaks Green Bay Wise The Falcons beat the Packers 27-- 7 away from game in rison of Indianapolis Starting on the line will be tackles Jonathan Ogden of Baltimore and Willie Roaf of Kansas City The guards are the Chiefs’ Will Shields and the Pittsburgh Steclers’ Alan Faneca Kevin Mawae of the New York Jets goes at center On defense the Dolphins have end Jason Taylor linebacker Zach Thomas and cor-ncrba- Vick Falcons hand Pack first home playoff GREEN BAY Wis (AP) — It looked so perfect for Green Bay Snow falling Packers in green and gold Lambeau Field in Januaiy Only it wasn’t Brett Favre making all the plays It was Michael Vick who looked right at home Undaunted by the storied stadium where his own coach lost in the “Ice Bowl” 35 years ago Vick made history of his own Saturday night The improvisational genius led the Atlanta Falcons to a shocking 27- 7 upset of the Packers in a wild-car- d playoff before a record crowd of 65358 ' stunned souls “We were underdogs We wanted to show ’em we had the potential to come out and make history” Vick said after his first NFL playoff game were the only team The Packers (12-to go unbeaten at home during the regular season And they had never lost a home playoff game since the NFL instituted a postseason in 1933 in going 13-- 0 — II of the wins coming at Lambeau and two more in Milwaukee 5) “That’s what we were talking about all week the winning streak in the playoffs It had to come to an end" Vick said The closest the Packers had come to losing in the land of Lombardi was on New Year’s Eve 1967 when Bait Starr knifed into the end zone with 13 seconds left to give Green Bay a 7 victory over Dallas in the coldest game in NFL history Falcons coach Dan Reeves threw a touchdown pass on a halfback option that gave the Cowboys a 4 lead in that game “Thirty-fiv- e years ago and they're still showing that And all I did was complete one little old pass” Reeves said “To be the first team to win a game up here they’ll be showing this for a long time” 21-1- 50-ya- rd 17-1- fourth-quart- er Favre had built a reputation as the game’s greatest quarterback winning all 35 of his starts at home in which the temperature was 34 or below And what did Favre think of his second straight thumping in the playoffs? Who knows For the first time in his career he bolted without a word It was an unseasonably warm 31 cold-wealh- er degrees at kickoff By the time snow began falling at halftime the Falcons had an astonishing 24--0 lead Favre was without Pro Bowl running back Ahman Green (knee) and leading receivers Donald Driver (shoulder) and Terry Glenn (concussion) in a futile secon- comeback attempt Vick's numbers weren't great — 117 yards passing 64 rushing — but he was his usual phenomenal self Over and over he turned broken plays into big ones “He’s amazing" Reeves said “It seems the tougher the situation the better he is” 1 ) who had backed The Falcons into the playoffs after losing three of four in December will travel to Philadelphia for a divisional playoff next weekend The Packers who just one week ago advanstill had a shot at the home-fiel- d the NFC throughout playoffs began tage their offseason much sooner than anyone expected ‘To say this is disappointing is as big an understatement as I could ever make” an incensed Packers coach Mike Sherman said d-half Shockey is only rookie on By Barry Wilner AP football writer ' Marvin Harrison was the only unanimous selection to The Asso- dated Press NFL o Team that featured a new look with 13 e choices including rookie Jeremy Shockey Veteran safety Rod Woodson made the team for the sixth time — and at the third different posi- tion Three of his Oakland Raiders teammates quarterback Rich Gan- non the league's MVP tackle Lin- coin Kennedy and center Barret Robbins were newcomers to the squad chosen by a nationwide All-Pr- first-tim- 'tr i panel of sports writers and broad- caster who cover the NFL Also selected Saturday for the fourth straight year was Tampa Bay defensive tackle Warren Sapp Harrison the Indianapolis Colts’ g receiver caught the attention of all 48 voters He shat-tered the league mark for receptions this season with 143 20 more than Herman Moore’s previous standard d He had 10 games and his 1722 yards were the fourth-highe- st single season total ever “I can’t say it’s better than the last few years" the reserved Harrison said “Everything happens so fast week in and week out you don't record-settin- 100-yar- ' 1 loss (10-6-- really have time to think about that “When you sit back and evalu- ate it you say ’Man all these catches1 But I still look at the things I did wrong I don’t look at myself as some great receiver because I know I can get better” ' " ' McNabb could get the nod next week PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donovan McNabb kxk all the snaps with Philadelphia's fust-teaoffense again Friday movcloser to starting the Eagles' ing first playoff game next weekend “It's not too sore at all That's not to say it won't be sore later but we'll continue to work with it” McNabb said “We have more time to work and get our timing down” Practice again was closed to reporters and McNabb walked with a slight limp on his way to the locker room His teammates said the star quarterback didn’t show any effects of the ankle injury that sidelined him the last 6 12 weeks “He looks fine he looks Team All-Pr- o Still unanimity? “It’s definitely an honor but I think a lot of it goes back not only to the work I put into it but the team” he said The Colls were 10-6 and made the playoffs Joining Harrison at wideout was San Francisco’s flamboyant Terrell Owens as opposite in style from Harrison as anyone can be As is the energetic Shockey a first- - Patrick Surtain in the starting lineup - safeties are Woodson and New England's Lawyer Milloy The NFC offense is led by Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre and his teammate tight end Buhba Franks Along with Favre in the backfield arc Mike Alston of Tampa Bay and Deuce McAllister of New ( Means The receivers are the Saints' Joe Horn and (he 49ers' Terrell Owens At tackle will be Tra Thomas of Philadelphia and Walter Jones of Seattle The guards will be Jcnnane Mayberry of Philadelphia and Ron Stone of San Francisco Chicago's Olin Krcut is the center They will be joined by end Michael Slrahan of the Giants tackle La’Roi Glover of Dal- las linebackers Brian Urlach- er of Chicago arid LaVar Arrington of Washington safety Darren Sharper of Green Bay and comerbacks Champ Bailey of Washington and Troy Vincent of round pick out of the University of Miami who had a major impact on the New York Giants' offense Shock-ey led NFL tight ends and all rookies with 74 receptions and 894 yards receiving and scored twice He opened up the passing game by being nearly unstoppable over the middle “Every kid dreams about being it one day so this year I got picked and I am very honored" Shockey said Added Giants tight ends coach Mike Pope: “He just turned 22 so his upside is pretty high The thing that is encouraging is that he wants to be that kind of player He doesn’t See SHOCKEY on B6 m p ready to go” comcrback Troy Vincent said “It's great to have No 5 back" Left tackle Tra Thomas was too busy blocking in practice to watch McNabb but said he would’ve known if something wasn't right “I guess he was all right It’s great to have him back in there" Thomas said “He gives us a rhythm” McNabb hasn’t played since breaking his right ankle in Philadelphia's 4 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Nov 17 He practiced for the first time Thursday and pronounced himself ready to play 38-1- See McNabb on B8 rsbHf Q © AP photo New Ybrfc Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey (80) was a first-tichoice for the AP All-PTeam ro t s 1 $ A A i |