Editing NFL Primetime (section)

===Music===
A staple of the show was the various FirstCom Music instrumental pieces that played in the background during the highlights, while Berman and Jackson recapped each game. This often gave the games, even in highlight form, a more epic feel overall. This feature continues during highlights on ''The Blitz''.

For the most part, highlights from the show would feature FirstCom Music scores over the highlights.  Some songs were even played on a consistent basis for certain teams.  The [[Buffalo Bills]], for example, often had their game played out (regardless of outcome) to a dramatic piece entitled "Powersurge," featuring triumphant passages of brass instruments.  The [[Las Vegas Raiders|Oakland Raiders]], meanwhile, were often represented by an ominous-sounding piece called "Bad Company," that featured extensive use of minor-key strings, horns, and keyboards.  Other songs were commonly used for certain situations.  "International Statement," an epic-sounding song complete with a climactic build-up of low brass and strings that was arguably NFL Primetime's signature song, was often used for a high-stakes game, while "Grid-Lock," a lighter song featuring a more subdued introductory horn riff and an extended guitar solo (unusual for a song utilized in the program), was utilized for relatively unexciting games involving teams at the bottom of the standings.

On rare occasions, however, the standard FirstCom Music themes would be replaced by other music themes.  For the [[2000 Oakland Raiders season|Raiders]]-[[2000 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]] matchup in 2000, which marked their last meeting at [[Three Rivers Stadium]] as well as the stadium's second to last game, the music was replaced by classic [[NFL Films]] themes by [[Sam Spence]] including "A Golden Boy Again" and "The Raiders," while Berman confused then-current Raiders and Steelers with legendary ones.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bu9g09aAWU |title=YouTube, a Google company |url-status=dead |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 26, 2016 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409130830/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bu9g09aAWU }}</ref>  A similar example involved the [[2000 San Diego Chargers season|San Diego Chargers]]-[[2000 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Rams]] matchup earlier in 2000, when the music was replaced by the [[William Tell Overture]] to underscore the Rams as the "Greatest Show on Turf" (with the music subsequently muted when the Chargers were shown making a good play).  On other occasions, non-standard music themes would interrupt the themes being played on the highlights. For the [[Washington Redskins]]' final game at [[RFK Stadium]] in [[1996 Washington Redskins season|1996]], a 36–10 win over the [[1996 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]], the music was briefly replaced by their fight song "[[Hail to the Redskins]]" before returning to the previous standard theme for the final stats. In 2000, when the [[2000 Baltimore Ravens season|Baltimore Ravens]] scored a touchdown after having failed to score one in their previous five games, the music was briefly interrupted with celebratory music before returning to the standard FirstCom theme for the remainder of the highlights.

Finally, music was occasionally altered on the program, particularly in situations involving injured players.  On some occasions where a serious injury or other tragic event occurred, the music would be played at a noticeably softer volume than usual, or would be muted entirely until the highlight resumed.  After then-[[2005 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]] head coach Tony Dungy's son James committed suicide in 2005, the highlights for the Colts's first game after his death began with silence while tributes taking place during the game were shown, with the music only playing for the actual game itself.