Cris Collinsworth man

[TwistofFate]

Tony Romo should be paired up with Al, not Collinsworthless. 

[Rc2catch]

7 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

They snuck back into the race with three narrow wins against the Bengals, Browns and Cardinals while the Colts and Raiders were imploding.  It's not really a great story honestly.  It's a good story.  Our's is good too.

 

IMO any broadcast should talk in detail about both teams.  One positive was that there were only a few barely relevant Tom Brady butt kisses from CC tonight.  Usually there are 100 or so.

You’re impossible. They talked about buffalo plenty. I heard all about mcdermott and Allen and smoke and even a little singletary. Nobody else made plays on offense. You want them to talk about Morse? Or Foster? Knox? They both raved about the defense all night. Like what did you expect to hear? Some sort of rundown of our season? Some amazing wins we don’t really have outside of maybe Dallas? Just don’t get where they let you down so badly. They have sheets given to them of bullet points to cover by production. Mostly everything else is freelance. 

 

And lastly had buffalo really handled business tonight and built a nice lead they definitely would of filled more time talking about them. They won that’s all that matters but the Steelers should of never been in this game. 

Edited December 16, 2019 by Rc2catch

[Mango]

45 minutes ago, klos63 said:

Allen does often make his receivers make difficult catches, they're often stretching as much as the can. He does need to be more accurate.

I thought he had some good things to say about Allen. Like actual positive things. His best commentary was about Joshs footwork on some bad throws. Then on good throws he pointed out how good Josh can be when he gets those things right. 
 

Thought he was fair with JA tonight. 

[4merper4mer]

10 minutes ago, oldschoolfootball1963 said:

Here is my problem on what the announcers were saying during this broadcast. The steelers are on national TV like 5 times a year. Everyone knows their story. They are the six time Super Bowl Champs. The Rooney Family ownership. The terrible towel. Their coach Mike Tomlin was on the TV screen more times than I could count. How about talking about the Bills Owners. The Bills coach and Josh Allen. I heard the Duck ? word so many times I wanted to vomit. Bills get one Sunday night game in like 15 years. But no NBC is just going to talk about everything Pittsburgh. Why not let other football fans find out about who the Bills are and what their all about. Just a disgusting decision to broadcast it that way. 

I learned they like Styx.  I didn't know that.  They spent 5 minutes reviewing that crappy song and never explained how it connects to the Steelers and why they play it.

[US Egg]

Collinsworth is one of many sports commentators who make me appreciate the mute button.

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

My GF,, who knows zero about football, was even piping in with the occasional , "***** up, Collinsworth."

 

It was charming

[Marv's Neighbor]

Best watched with the sound OFF!

[GoBills808]

13 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Some of you can’t stand the fact that the media doesn’t give us the same ball washing they do for other teams and players. It grinds gears so much. 
 

I didn’t have a problem with Collinsworth and can’t think of a time when I did. 
 

If Allen ever becomes one of the elite QBs then you’re going to love all the praise he gets from the same people you say you can’t stand.

How about when he said Allen’s base was widening on INT when it was actually narrowing?

4 minutes ago, Mango said:

I thought he had some good things to say about Allen. Like actual positive things. His best commentary was about Joshs footwork on some bad throws. Then on good throws he pointed out how good Josh can be when he gets those things right. 
 

Thought he was fair with JA tonight. 

Except it was completely wrong, but hey

[SF Bills Fan]

Didn’t hear it that way. He had a few (warranted) knocks on Allen early but gave props as game went on. Gave us the credit we deserved. 

[4merper4mer]

3 minutes ago, Rc2catch said:

You’re impossible. They talked about buffalo plenty. I heard all about mcdermott and Allen and smoke and even a little singletary. Nobody else made plays on offense. You want them to talk about Morse? Or Foster? Knox? They both raved about the defense all night. Like what did you expect to hear? Some sort of rundown of our season? Some amazing wins we don’t really have outside of maybe Dallas? Just don’t get where they let you down so badly. They have sheets given to them of bullet points to cover by production. Mostly everything else is freelance. 

Aren't you the one who explained that they focused on the Steelers because the Steelers were the better story?  Now they focused on the Bills?

 

For Pete's sake the Bills rebuilt an entire roster in three years, are going to the playoffs and are well positioned for the future.  Those tidbits got 10% of the discussion time that Styx got.

 

 

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

58 minutes ago, QB Bills said:

Such homers on this board. Collinsworth was excellent as he almost always is.

 

Congratulations sir! You completed "collect all 8 emoji's"! First time I have ever seen a post achieve such varying responses.

[boco357]

I just hope he is as critical of Lamar Jackson, Mayfield and Darnold as well

[klos63]

22 minutes ago, oldschoolfootball1963 said:

Here is my problem on what the announcers were saying during this broadcast. The steelers are on national TV like 5 times a year. Everyone knows their story. They are the six time Super Bowl Champs. The Rooney Family ownership. The terrible towel. Their coach Mike Tomlin was on the TV screen more times than I could count. How about talking about the Bills Owners. The Bills coach and Josh Allen. I heard the Duck ? word so many times I wanted to vomit. Bills get one Sunday night game in like 15 years. But no NBC is just going to talk about everything Pittsburgh. Why not let other football fans find out about who the Bills are and what their all about. Just a disgusting decision to broadcast it that way. 

JFC, we just clinched a playoff spot and your pissing yourself over not hearing enough about the Pegula's? They showed them once and i think Terry looked annoyed with Kim after she said something to him.

 

[Rc2catch]

2 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Aren't you the one who explained that they focused on the Steelers because the Steelers were the better story?  Now they focused on the Bills?

 

For Pete's sake the Bills rebuilt an entire roster in three years, are going to the playoffs and are well positioned for the future.  Those tidbits got 10% of the discussion time that Styx got.

 

 

When did I say they focused on the Bills? They talked about them plenty. You keep pointing all these things out like I don’t know the story lol. The point is no one in America cares that isn’t a bills fan. We are in the playoffs and still a joke. Look on Facebook, one and done all day long. And we will still be a joke nationally if Allen plays bad and we’re bounced right out. I live in Tennessee and you’d be shocked how many people don’t even know the bills are a pro team. Lot of “oh yeah I remember them now” when you tell them something. Meanwhile Pittsburgh has millions of bandwagon fans across the whole country. Until the Bills do something nobody gives two sh*** about this team or what they’ve done. Although we are impressed and happy mostly with the state of our team nobody else cares. We’ve had a great season all things considered so far and we’re barely even relevant still. 

[Hapless Bills Fan]

1 hour ago, wvbillsfan said:

It was very clear he did zero homework on the Bills and generally went with the same propaganda most have gone with. Josh isn’t accurate that’s his issue. Wrs are too small. Buffalo has a very good defense blah blah blah. 

 

Oh, he was crap.  I finally muted the sound unless I needed to hear what a ref had to say

 

He was all over Washington and Hodges, while critiquing Allen's footwork and misfires and failing to recognize when Allen had good throws.

 

Then at the end I thought his "congratulatory" remarks about McDermott were very condescending, instead of "this is a well coached team and McDermott has turned it around" something about "imagine McDermott fighting for a spot on the William and Mary team and going up against Tomlin the star receiver and now he's doing the same thing" - AFTER we won.  ?

 

9 minutes ago, boco357 said:

I just hope he is as critical of Lamar Jackson, Mayfield and Darnold as well

 

Of course he won't be.  Lamar is the Flavor of the Year, Very fashionable right now.

Mayfield and Darnold are the touted golden boy top 3 picks.

 

18 minutes ago, Mango said:

I thought he had some good things to say about Allen. Like actual positive things. His best commentary was about Joshs footwork on some bad throws. Then on good throws he pointed out how good Josh can be when he gets those things right. 
 

Thought he was fair with JA tonight. 

 

I thought he was "out to lunch" but maybe that's just me.

[RyanC883]

50 minutes ago, Ennjay said:

I was just about to post this:

 

He harped on JA's perceived inaccuracy all night but said nothing about Hodges'.  Hodges doesn't throw long (that was a pretty good graphic about, what, 61 of his 80 throws were less than ten yards) because he's inaccurate and he throws looping softballs.  Washington does well with his throws because Washington gets open, not because Hodges zips lasers to him.  Where was the analysis on that?

 

Hodges is an undrafted rookie, not the 7th pick who is allegedly a franchise qb.   

[wvbillsfan]

2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Oh, he was crap.  I finally muted the sound unless I needed to hear what a ref had to say

 

He was all over Washington and Hodges, while critiquing Allen's footwork and misfires and failing to recognize when Allen had good throws.

 

Then at the end I thought his "congratulatory" remarks about McDermott were very condescending, instead of "this is a well coached team and McDermott has turned it around" something about "imagine McDermott fighting for a spot on the William and Mary team and going up against Tomlin the star receiver and now he's doing the same thing" - AFTER we won.  ?

 

 

Of course he won't be.  Lamar is the Flavor of the Year, Very fashionable right now.

Mayfield and Darnold are the touted golden boy top 3 picks.

Never even compliment Allen on the td pass. Just the call by Daboll. 
 

Collinsworth ain’t getting a spot on the bandwagon when we are 3-4 years from winning. Whatever the quote was he said. 

[GoBills808]

Best part of the game by far was 3rd and 8 and Collinsworth says ‘Bills will be conservative here, don’t want to risk a mistake from Allen, take the three points’ and I noticed Kraft was in and immediately yelled very loudly ‘***** YOU COLLINSWORTH’ when the ball was snapped and right on cue Allen hits him for the game winner. So good.

 

[mannc]

1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

I know the Bills suffer from announcer bias as much as any team in the league but I don’t think I wanted to shut a guy up as much as I did this guy tonight...my goodness the guy was practically calling the game from the Steelers front office 

A lot of us have been saying that Collinsworth is awful for 10 years or so.  

34 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Hodges is an UDFA who is playing above any level he should be.  Allen is a first round draft pick.  First orund picks get more criticism and UDFA's get the feel good story approach.  

Collinsworth is a top 5 analyst probably second only to Romo.  Romo is the best by far. Then I would probably go with Daryl Johnston(hate Chris Myers though), Fouts, and either Archuleta or Jay Feely( he is rather good at game strategy).

Fouts?  FOUTS????

[US Egg]

20 minutes ago, klos63 said:

JFC, we just clinched a playoff spot and your pissing yourself over not hearing enough about the Pegula's? They showed them once and i think Terry looked annoyed with Kim after she said something to him.

If Terry was annoyed it would seem a typical marital incident that gets dismissed quickly.

 

.....since the Bills won.

Edited December 16, 2019 by I am the egg man

[MJS]

I didn't notice anything too bad. I hate him and his annoying voice, but that's every game he does. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary with this one.

[Sherlock Holmes]

1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

I know the Bills suffer from announcer bias as much as any team in the league but I don’t think I wanted to shut a guy up as much as I did this guy tonight...my goodness the guy was practically calling the game from the Steelers front office 

and I thought I was $()×!ng TJ Watts' Dingus...

[QB Bills]

24 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

Congratulations sir! You completed "collect all 8 emoji's"! First time I have ever seen a post achieve such varying responses.

Not sure you meant this as a compliment, but thank you anyway.

 

As Robert Baratheon says, that's called "making the eight".

[MiltonWaddams]

I always get the sense that Collinsworth is a bit of an optimist , picking players who have the great storyline and constantly pumping them up. Duck and Washington were those guys on the Steelers and Edmunds and Brown were the Bills he chose. I hardly thought he was overly biased and his points on JA reflected my own. He was not good for the second straight game. His footwork and ball placement were poor at best and there was an entire quarter of football (3rd) where he looked completely horrid. It’s tough to get the biggest game of the week and not take issue with a prevailing media bias against our Bills, but Collinsworth was definitely not inaccurate or terrible in calling a Bills win.

[BuffaloSol]

1 hour ago, QB Bills said:

Such homers on this board. Collinsworth was excellent as he almost always is.

Lol anyone that thinks Collinsworth is excellent deserves a lollipop.

[1st Ammendment NoMas]

1 hour ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

I know the Bills suffer from announcer bias as much as any team in the league but I don’t think I wanted to shut a guy up as much as I did this guy tonight...my goodness the guy was practically calling the game from the Steelers front office 

He was an annoying squeaky turd falling from Pittsburgh's ass.

[Bookie Man]

I remember really disliking his commentary when I was a kid. I can't remember who the Bills were playing, but he wouldn't shut up about the other team and he just kept glossing and glossing over them. I didn't know who he was, but I just remember thinking he was terribly annoying. Him and Joe Buck... the 2 worst to me.

[White Linen]

2 hours ago, klos63 said:

Allen does often make his receivers make difficult catches, they're often stretching as much as the can. He does need to be more accurate.

 

All QB's depend on receivers making a few excellent catches a game.  Allen is no different.

[Do The Reich Thing]

I actually really like Collinsworth. Sure he says a lot of things that make you roll your eyes, but he does that to all fans for all teams, and all commentators do that. You can’t please everyone at every moment. He actually has really good analysis most of the time. 
 

Chris is like a folk legend. I can’t help, but love his horribly great slide into the camera at the beginning of every Sunday night game. 

[PaoloBillsFanFromItaly]

I like his technical comments, but yesterday he and Al were broadcasting as Steelers fans.

On the final interception Al HAD TO announce with some emotion, it's his damn job, instead he seemed he was very depressed for the Pitsburgh comeback that fell short.

 

In the same moment I was about to scream with joy, but it was 5 AM in Italy, and I live in an apartment...

[OZBILLS]

I don't think he's that bad. Loves Brady too much though 

[njbuff]

Why do you people get so butt hurt by announcers?

 

Well, I always go into a game with the predetermined notion that the announcers won't know anything about the Bills.

 

In this manner I am never too disappointed with broadcast. ?

[Xwnyer]

5 hours ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

I know the Bills suffer from announcer bias as much as any team in the league but I don’t think I wanted to shut a guy up as much as I did this guy tonight...my goodness the guy was practically calling the game from the Steelers front office 

Mute button and Bills radio feed is best cure 

[BobbyC81]

5 hours ago, oldschoolfootball1963 said:

Here is my problem on what the announcers were saying during this broadcast. The steelers are on national TV like 5 times a year. Everyone knows their story. They are the six time Super Bowl Champs. The Rooney Family ownership. The terrible towel. Their coach Mike Tomlin was on the TV screen more times than I could count. How about talking about the Bills Owners. The Bills coach and Josh Allen. I heard the Duck ? word so many times I wanted to vomit. Bills get one Sunday night game in like 15 years. But no NBC is just going to talk about everything Pittsburgh. Why not let other football fans find out about who the Bills are and what their all about. Just a disgusting decision to broadcast it that way. 

 

For me, one of the worst broadcasts ever was the Teddy Bruschi comeback game on ESPN.  Let me start out by saying I do recognize that it was amazing for him to come back and play after a stroke.  However, that broadcast was way over the top.  They must’ve shown him a thousand times.  Bills make a big play on offense, they show Bruschi.  Bills score a TD, they showed Bruschi.  Bills make a big defensive play, they showed Bruschi. 
 

I thought for sure he was going to be the first person to be canonized as a saint while still alive and there would be a news break during a Bills broadcast just as they were in position to score a winning TD.

[Billsfan1972]

4 hours ago, White Linen said:

 

All QB's depend on receivers making a few excellent catches a game.  Allen is no different.

No no no.....  It's always only on Allen as every other QB only throws perfect passes on every play. 

[4merper4mer]

5 hours ago, MJS said:

I didn't notice anything too bad. I hate him and his annoying voice, but that's every game he does. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary with this one.

During the game at one point he said "The Steelers have won Championships with teams just like this something something 2006".  He made some points during the game about similarities between the teams.  

 

After the game he called the Bills 2-3 years away.  

 

It's not really out of the ordinary because he sucks most weeks.  Years ago when he started, I thought he was very good.  Once he got some hype he went douche and never came back.  

[ProcessTruster]

7 hours ago, H2o said:

I must have said "***** you Collinsworth" or "Shut the ***** up Collinsworth" at least 400 times combined. My 14 year old asked, " How did he get this job?"

Same.  I said exactly the same , ok , well,  20 times.   Media bias.   Why the h didn't he just say it;  " Duck Hodges is not an NFL quarterback".    Man, I was literally turning the sound down between plays.  the next guy that says "second playoff appearance this century", the set goes out the window.

 

I miss Ian Eagle and the C team. 

Edited December 16, 2019 by ProcessTruster

[Bob in STL]

I thought his constant harping on Steelers injuries was over the top and he could have talked more about the Bills. He threw out a few accolades to the Bills rebuild but mostly questioned Allen’s play and our receiver corps.  Not that he was wrong, but it got old. 

 

Michaels had nothing good to say about us and is clearly disappointed to see us move into higher echelons of the NFL.  He was the more disappointing of the two. 

 

The country picked Bills, none of the panel of experts did though. Typical for our team. 

[ProcessTruster]

1 hour ago, Xwnyer said:

Mute button and Bills radio feed is best cure 

yes, i need to start paying for that.. anyone know how to get it for free online.. ??  This media bias can only get worse from here on out, win or lose.

Edited December 16, 2019 by ProcessTruster

[HOUSE]

Be careful what you wish for, he is NOT the guy I want in Buffalos corner. The Guy has Lupus er something