NFL 2014 Off-Season Thread

Joe Buck sucks. You're a faggot for trying to defend him.

People who care so much about announcers are fucking losers.

Sutekh_sl said:

People who care so much about announcers are fucking losers.

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Yes having an opinion on someone we have to listen to for 3 hours on a weekly basis is a real loser quality

Buck doesn't bother me that bad, I find him easy to tune out and Aikman isn't too annoying either. I used to find Collinsworth annoying but I can deal with him now. I still basically hate the entire football night in America crew on Sunday nights. I can deal with Al and Chris but the pregame crew is entirely comprised of colossal douchefucks IMO.

At least fucking Dan Dierdorf is gone.

so... what announcers do you guys like??

Honestly, as half ass and low production value as they are, I'd happily use a setting that gave me the Ravens radio announcers as the voice over on my TV broadcast. I'd rather hear announcing focused on my team than any of the national broadcast teams. I could rig it up to have the radio on or some shit I guess, but I don't care that much overall.

I'm not sure there's any that I really LIKE, as in "I can't wait to hear Phil Sims call this game!" As long as the color guy can give some insight on X's and O's without becoming biased or otherwise douchey that's all I ask for. Gruden actually knows the game and all but he hams it up with bullshit so bad and its obvious that ESPN demands someone to attempt to inject a faux Madden type of personality to the booth for MNF, but they should let him be himself. Maybe that really is him being himself and that's why he was hired.

I really don't like Collinsworth overall, but I admit that he and Al do a pretty decent job. If you can get past the Grudenisms and ramped up enthusiasm, I think MNF does well also. Which makes sense that the two primetimes would have the solid crew.

The thing that bothers me more than any individual announcer is the media hype train of human interest stories and contrived drama every week. Katrina, someone's family life, off field "distractions", overplayed interplayer rivalries....just STFU with all that shit and stick to the football. I get it though, that crap sells for the average viewers and probably helps ratings with women significantly.

Convo_sl said:

so... what announcers do you guys like??

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I'm usually good as long as I don't have to listen to Aikman. I do like Al and Chris, though. I'm generally okay with the rest of the teams...at the very least, they don't do enough to annoy me enough week-in and week-out to remember. Aikman needs to be taken out back and shot, though. I don't even know if I hate Joe Buck or if it's just the fact that he's paired with that worthless bag of crap.

As long as they are not blatantly saying things that are wrong or whatever I don't get very concerned about commentators. Shannon Sharpe used to get on my nerves. But he wasn't actually calling games.

I like the Sunday Night guys. Cris and Al are solid. Cris actually provides some analysis. The MNF crowd isn't too bad but, like Famm said, Gruden can say some retarded shit. I find it funny so I enjoy it. I also like the TNF guys. So pretty much the primetime crews are the best - as they should be.

Famm is right on about the local radio guys. I wish I could hear them for every game. I never really even hear Bengals commentating because I go to a bar watch the game every week. So I guess it doesn't matter much to me.

I like Jaws

Dr. Mario Speedwagon_sl said:

I wish we had John Madden back.

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I used to mock Madden incessantly at the time, but he certainly was entertaining.

Local radio is a no go for the Cardinals. Ron Wolfley is the worst color guy in the history of broadcasting. He does the preseason guys and I'm forced to watch the guys on mute.

Joe Buck used to be tolerable for me for a baseball game, because he basically grew up with it. But he's awful for football, and he's so over-used now I really don't care for him even on baseball anymore.

For football, I love Al Michaels, Pat Summerall, and way back, I loved MNF with Cosell and Dandy Don. There's another guy that did college football I really liked, but can't recall his name.

Worst announcer for football: Dan Dierdorf. Can't stand that lisping hair-lipped fuck. And he is loved in St. Louis. Go figure.

Madden and Sumerall for sure. May have just been nostalgia, but it was like watching a game with your grandpa.

Al and Collinsworth are the best we have today. As bad as Aikman is, I want to punch him in the face way less than Phil Simms

Red Zone. That way I'm not getting forcefed any one announcer long enough to develop a seething hatred. Because even guys I like(Collinsworth) get grating after listening to them push whatever fucking agenda they settled on before the game even started.