By by Tim Keown

Thursday, August 15, 2002

A game can be broken open like a melon tossed from a moving vehicle. Suddenly and violently, a simple slant pass becomes two missed tackles, a blur of speed and a 70-yard touchdown. A quick pitch, a cutback and a good seal on a linebacker becomes a 45-yard touchdown run so stunning it demoralizes not only the opposition but three lines of its descendants. Then there's the tiptoes-in, third-down catch just before the two-minute warning. The punter is stretching his leg on the sideline, but then ...

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