1.   Guard Nate Newton said a mistake he made against the Miami Dolphins last week cost Smith a possible long gainer.

2.   He also had a big block on a long gainer to Terry Glenn, one of two key blocks he had on Dolphin blitzers.

3.   Late in the quarter, Colorado took one last shot at a long gainer with the wind at its back.

4.   Sometimes it works and you slip free and you get a long gainer.

5.   The crowd roared its approval of the long gainer, but the excitement was short-lived.

6.   They had planned so diligently to halt those short passes from becoming long gainers.

7.   With the Lions starting deep in their territory and facing a third down, Schwalbe found Bassett for a long gainer.

8.   The Colts picked them apart with screen passes which turned into long gainers when the Dallas defenders bounced off the receivers.