Rough stretch of announcers for us Pats fans

JMC00 · Nov 30, 2015

Rough stretch of announcers for us Pats fans

Just saw that Buck and Aikman are calling the game next week and now with the Pats flexed to SNF for the Texans, this is the stretch we've seen over the last month

Nantz/Simms
Tirico/Gruden
Michaels/Collinswoth
Buck/Aikman
Michaels/Collinsworth

Mark. · Nov 30, 2015

That's hideous. Thank goodness for the mute button.

PatsBoy12 · Nov 30, 2015

JMC00 said:
Just saw that Buck and Aikman are calling the game next week and now with the Pats flexed to SNF for the Texans, this is the stretch we've seen over the last month

Nantz/Simms
Tirico/Gruden
Michaels/Collinswoth
Buck/Aikman
Michaels/Collinsworth

Hey, what's wrong with Tirico/Gruden? I actually kind of like those two. LOL I still remember a MNF game where Tirico made a quip about the Colts' AFCCG game appearance banner prior to kickoff. I laughed for like ten minutes!

JMC00 · Nov 30, 2015

Mark. said:
That's hideous. Thank goodness for the mute button.

Haven't listened 1 second these last 3 weeks and won't listen to 1 second the next 2 weeks

GaryfromTO · Nov 30, 2015

this is why TV's have volume controls and mute buttons.

jmt57 · Nov 30, 2015

In my opinion John Lynch is the best NFL in-game analyst out there. He not only has a very high football IQ, he is also very articulate and the Stanford alum is intelligent in a general sense.

The problem is that networks cater to the casual fan and not the hard core fan. Hard core fans are going to watch no matter what; that's not the case with casual fans. Whether those casual fans do or do not watch is what determines the variance in ratings.

As a result commentary is dumbed down a bit for that target audience. The other problem is that the networks hang on to familiar names and faces for far too long. This is why **** Stockton still calls NFL games, and why people like Dan Dierdorf, Frank Gifford and John Madden kept their jobs for much longer than they should have.

The side effect from this network rationale is that analysts like Phil Simms keep their high profile job too long, while a far superior talent like Lynch wastes on the shelf, relegated to small regional telecasts.

Onedaful · Nov 30, 2015

Simms is atrocious

dannydyn · Nov 30, 2015

I usually mute the TV, and hook up the stereo to my phone via BT. Nothing beats some elevator music on Pandora....

Patsrock · Nov 30, 2015

JMC00 said:
Rough stretch of announcers for us Pats fans

Just saw that Buck and Aikman are calling the game next week and now with the Pats flexed to SNF for the Texans, this is the stretch we've seen over the last month

Nantz/Simms
Tirico/Gruden
Michaels/Collinswoth
Buck/Aikman
Michaels/Collinsworth

Just a quick question because I know 2 weeks ago Pats/Eagles was taking off being the primary National game and that was switched to Panthers/Saints. So wouldn't Aikman/Buck do the national game.

JMC00 · Nov 30, 2015

Patsrock said:
Just a quick question because I know 2 weeks ago Pats/Eagles was taking off being the primary National game and that was switched to Panthers/Saints. So wouldn't Aikman/Buck do the national game.

According to BFLO360

2015 NFL on Fox Announcers & Distribution: Week 13 | B-FLO 360

Buck/Aikman are still scheduled to do the game and apparently it is still going to be the primary game. Now that could change but BFLO is usually bang on

JMC00 · Nov 30, 2015

jmt57 said:
In my opinion John Lynch is the best NFL in-game analyst out there. He not only has a very high football IQ, he is also very articulate and the Stanford alum is intelligent in a general sense.

Ya IMO we've only gotten 3 games with what I would call good commentators the whole year.

This is how it has layed out for the Pats

Michaels/Collinsworth
Harlan/Gannon
Harlan/Gannon
Nantz/Simms
Michaels/Collinsworth
Eagle/Fouts
Nantz/Simms
Burkhardt/Lynch
Nantz/Simms
Tirico/Gruden
Michaels/Collinsworth
Aikman/Buck
Michaels/Collinsworth

Patsrock · Nov 30, 2015

JMC00 said:
According to BFLO360

2015 NFL on Fox Announcers & Distribution: Week 13 | B-FLO 360

Buck/Aikman are still scheduled to do the game and apparently it is still going to be the primary game. Now that could change but BFLO is usually bang on

Okay just wondering because I had seen Pats/Eagles no longer national primary game.

NFL takes Eagles-Patriots game out of national spotlight

SVN · Nov 30, 2015

jmt57 said:
In my opinion John Lynch is the best NFL in-game analyst out there. He not only has a very high football IQ, he is also very articulate and the Stanford alum is intelligent in a general sense.

The problem is that networks cater to the casual fan and not the hard core fan. Hard core fans are going to watch no matter what; that's not the case with casual fans. Whether those casual fans do or do not watch is what determines the variance in ratings.

As a result commentary is dumbed down a bit for that target audience. The other problem is that the networks hang on to familiar names and faces for far too long. This is why **** Stockton still calls NFL games, and why people like Dan Dierdorf, Frank Gifford and John Madden kept their jobs for much longer than they should have.

The side effect from this network rationale is that analysts like Phil Simms keep their high profile job too long, while a far superior talent like Lynch wastes on the shelf, relegated to small regional telecasts.

Gannon and Harlan are good too. But these guys are 2nd or 3rd tier of commentary teams for some reason .

Froob · Nov 30, 2015

Simms/Nantz and Collinsworth/Michaels gives the Patriots a lot of credit, I don't know why people say they hate them.

A Defiant Goose · Nov 30, 2015

No Dierdorf or Fouts is good enough

Palm Beach Pats Fan · Nov 30, 2015

I don't really have problems with Collinsworth, other than him bringing up framegate/deflategate down the stretch in the Super Bowl. I think that even he finally came to realize that we were being jobbed on that.

He also isn't afraid to at least point out questionable calls, not ripping on refs, but at least saying "I don't know about that one"

Marinlik · Nov 30, 2015

I kind of like Collinsworth/Michaels. I kind of like Nantz too. But Simms is just awful. So often he sounds like he has no idea what is going on. Not only in that he has a voice that kind of sounds confused, but also in that he can often completely miss things like penalties, or the spot of the ball. So he fits in perfectly on CBS with their TV Ref Mike Carrey, who is almost always incorrect when they ask him about a review.

letekro · Nov 30, 2015

TommyD4207 said:
Oh, of course they are. They do that and they're media darlings again.

jmt57 said:
In my opinion John Lynch is the best NFL in-game analyst out there. He not only has a very high football IQ, he is also very articulate and the Stanford alum is intelligent in a general sense.

The problem is that networks cater to the casual fan and not the hard core fan. Hard core fans are going to watch no matter what; that's not the case with casual fans. Whether those casual fans do or do not watch is what determines the variance in ratings.

As a result commentary is dumbed down a bit for that target audience. The other problem is that the networks hang on to familiar names and faces for far too long. This is why **** Stockton still calls NFL games, and why people like Dan Dierdorf, Frank Gifford and John Madden kept their jobs for much longer than they should have.

The side effect from this network rationale is that analysts like Phil Simms keep their high profile job too long, while a far superior talent like Lynch wastes on the shelf, relegated to small regional telecasts.

Lynch is a great example. Todd Christensen, if you ever had the pleasure, was another. Eloquent, insightful, poised. I think his career highlight was calling the 1-AA national championship game between UMass and Georgia Southern.

AzorianPats · Nov 30, 2015

The NBC Sunday night crew of Michaels/Collinsworth is the best...

But Jim Nantz is the best play by play guy in all of American sports. My opinion.

Foxypats · Nov 30, 2015

I had the mute button on most of the 4th quarter and OT yesterday. The ball washing and glee I heard in Collinsworth tone was more than I could bear . I used to like this crew, Al Michaels was one of my favourites but not anymore.

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