Editing NFL Primetime (section)

===Presentation===
Rather than provide the usual package of scoring highlights, ''NFL Primetime'' presented extended highlights which also showed less dramatic plays. This provided context for the greater depth of analysis of each game.  A common non-dramatic play that would be shown would be a game-clinching first down while a team was running out the clock.  Some of the less dramatic plays would be used to demonstrate an overall large accomplishment.  During the highlights for the [[2000 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]-[[2000 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]] matchup in [[2000 NFL season|2000]], when [[Terrell Owens]] broke an NFL record by catching 20 passes in a game (since broken by [[Brandon Marshall]]), all 20 of Owens's receptions were shown.  Other examples involved seemingly unsuccessful plays ultimately benefitting a team.  For the highlights of the [[2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Buccaneers]]-[[2000 Miami Dolphins season|Miami Dolphins]] game in 2000, a contest marred by heavy rains which came down to the final minute, a play where Bucs running back [[Warrick Dunn]] broke a tackle in his own end zone to avoid a safety was shown to demonstrate it as one of the biggest plays contributing to the Bucs's victory.

The show began with Berman welcoming viewers and then giving a quick rundown of the late games before beginning the highlights of the early games.  They were generally shown in a relatively chronological order, with the 1:00 games shown first and the 4:00/4:15 games shown near the end of the program.  However, on some occasions (particularly in Week 17 when teams would be making their final push for the playoffs), the highlights would be presented less chronologically.  For Week 17 games, the highlights would instead be sorted by conference, with teams competing against each other for a playoff spot or a division title shown back-to-back.  Probably the show's most notable occurrence with this scenario came in Week 17 of the [[1999 NFL season|1999 season]], when the [[1999 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] and [[1999 Carolina Panthers season|Carolina Panthers]] tied in overall record, division record, conference record, and common opponent record, meaning that a spot involving the two teams would come down to point differential.  As a result, both teams ran up the score against their opponents in their final games in order to try to outscore the other team in the race.  For this scenario, the [[1999 Arizona Cardinals season|Arizona Cardinals]]-Packers and the [[1999 New Orleans Saints season|New Orleans Saints]]-Panthers highlights were shown simultaneously, with scoring by the teams in both games shown chronologically while a graphic would be shown featuring which team was leading at the time based on point differential.  When ESPN aired the Sunday Night game, the broadcast usually featured a preview of that game.  Later airings of NFL Primetime featured a [[SportsCenter]] highlight of that game.

Starting in [[2003 NFL season|2003]], a game with either high stakes for both teams or an exciting finish (typically a 1:00 game) would be chosen by Berman, Jackson, and their staff as that week's "Prime Cut."  This game would be shown in the middle of the program with an extended lead-in by Berman.  Also in 2003, a segment entitled "T.J.'s Extra Point" was introduced, where Jackson would demonstrate greater analysis over a strategy a team used to great success.  At the end of the show, a segment entitled "Primetime Players" would feature both Berman and Jackson choosing a player or team unit that particularly impressed them from that week's games.  At the turn of the millennium, a fan vote for that week's primetime player would also be conducted for the show on ESPN's website.