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1 hour ago, Boatdrinks said:

He’d be commenting on a football game, not running for President. Did Madden have great dialect ? Regardless of one’s personal take on Madden, he was very popular. Manning gets a very high “ Q score” or whatever , so he has the broad appeal that networks covet. It doesn’t matter if he’s as analytical as Romo, it’s simply that people like him. That’s gold for TV. 


yeah booger is likable... I’m not sure I agree 

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43 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:


But yet he passed that like ability enough to get the job, right? 

He was impressive enough to whoever was doing the hiring. We have no idea what the criteria were. Anecdotal evidence would suggest Booger isn’t very popular with viewers. Their interest in Manning , who scores very highly in that category, would align with this. Regardless of one’s personal opinion of Manning, a high number of viewers find him likeable.

37 minutes ago, BruceVilanch said:

What is Dennis Miller up to? (all kidding aside I thought he had some funny moments during his limited run as an announcer)

I agree. While Miller’s humor was beyond the scope of some fans, he had some hilarious stuff. Al Michaels seemed fond of it and also displayed some quick wit of his own in his exchanges with Miller. 

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5 hours ago, Boatdrinks said:

He was impressive enough to whoever was doing the hiring. We have no idea what the criteria were. Anecdotal evidence would suggest Booger isn’t very popular with viewers. Their interest in Manning , who scores very highly in that category, would align with this. Regardless of one’s personal opinion of Manning, a high number of viewers find him likeable.

I agree. While Miller’s humor was beyond the scope of some fans, he had some hilarious stuff. Al Michaels seemed fond of it and also displayed some quick wit of his own in his exchanges with Miller. 


 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3820978002

 

The notion boogers likability didn’t get him his job is preposterous. It’s his key asset.

 

His detractors are the poor seemingly canned analysis, colloquial Louisiana mannerisms and lack of on the fly insight.

 

ive heard manning attempt broadcast analyst as a stand in at least once. He was choppy, not insightful and more than Beth Mowens hard to listen to. In fact I’d rather listen to booga read a queue card than Peyton if we are just talking broadcast voice. 

 

i think his brand name will bring viewers initially but he’s going to shrivel up and fade away when he realizes as everyone else Will that he’s no Romo in the booth.  

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Just get that idiot Tessatore off the air.  I will NOT watch another NFL game with this over-excited, everything-is-a-huge-moment moron doing the play by play.  If the Bills are playing and he's the announcer I'll mute the TV.

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19 hours ago, Seasons1992 said:

This is EXACTLY what ESPN would need to bring people back to spending money on TV services. 4-year deal, Al is 72. 

 

As Dan Patrick wants, put a camera directly behind the offense and let Peyton predict the plays.

 

Id rather hear what he would have called instead 

5 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:


 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/3820978002

 

The notion boogers likability didn’t get him his job is preposterous. It’s his key asset.

 

His detractors are the poor seemingly canned analysis, colloquial Louisiana mannerisms and lack of on the fly insight.

 

ive heard manning attempt broadcast analyst as a stand in at least once. He was choppy, not insightful and more than Beth Mowens hard to listen to. In fact I’d rather listen to booga read a queue card than Peyton if we are just talking broadcast voice. 

 

i think his brand name will bring viewers initially but he’s going to shrivel up and fade away when he realizes as everyone else Will that he’s no Romo in the booth.  

 

Don't try to be romo.  Just say what you see and how you would make adjustments.  Quick analysis on where the ball should have gone when a QB makes a mistake.  Etc. 

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17 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

I just want an “in stadium only” sound option.

 

Come on now, w streaming thru PC and smart TV you mean to tell me we can’t have custom in-game camera and audio options? That’s how any of these services/sports packages might get my dollar.

 

But then again, how would I have any idea what a laugh-riot the all new Bob ❤️ Abishola is gonna be? 

 

i enjoyed the removal of DIck Enberg and Dierdorf and just having the crowd noise and announcing over the PA for that game in the 80s

 

off course the media wrote their incendiary pieces attacking the concept a week before NBC went on-air without announcers

 

or let me press a button and cut off Collinsworth and Romo (sometimes) and others who add nothing but blather to what i just saw with my eyeballs on the field

 

 

3 hours ago, Teddy KGB said:


No one likes booger.    He is mocked to the ends of the internet on every platform 

 

better than Witten, that was so sad..

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The problem I see with Manning is that he wants everyone to like him and that's part of his lucrative image. He won't say anything remotely candid on air. You will not get Tony Romo. 

 

Why bother trade for Al Michaels? Just burn it to the ground and find new, fresh talent. 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, dpberr said:

The problem I see with Manning is that he wants everyone to like him and that's part of his lucrative image. He won't say anything remotely candid on air. You will not get Tony Romo. 

 

Why bother trade for Al Michaels? Just burn it to the ground and find new, fresh talent. 

 

 

 

announcers keep going until they are physically or mentally ruined

 

 

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5 hours ago, Teddy KGB said:


No one likes booger.    He is mocked to the ends of the internet on every platform 

 

...put Wrecks in the booth...…...with Steven A...….all fixed...………..

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On 3/5/2020 at 6:19 PM, Kmart128 said:

 

Buck and Aikman are no where near the top 4.... theyre horrendous. And same with Tirico and Collinsworth... Tirico is good but Collinsworth drags them down

I don’t like Buck and Aikman.  Mostly, due to hating listen to Aikman.  I can’t stand him.  It’s all about him defending his ego when nobody cares.

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On 3/6/2020 at 12:43 PM, Mr Info said:

Marv Albert says hi.


yes

 

 

16 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Nobody said anything about having one’s private predilections outed...?


From 50 years ago?

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6 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Has it been that long since Marv’s Lady friend took exception to him wearing her garments?


probably 25.... meant to type in 500 years ago

 

Dolan won’t invite Marv back for the 50th celebration of the 1970 win

 

Marv, Oak, Spike Lee..... 


 

“SELL THE TEAM”

 

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On 3/6/2020 at 6:48 AM, eball said:

Just get that idiot Tessatore off the air.  I will NOT watch another NFL game with this over-excited, everything-is-a-huge-moment moron doing the play by play.  If the Bills are playing and he's the announcer I'll mute the TV.

 
cant stand him either. Between his contrived excitement when the kicker is warming up kicking into the net as halftime winds down and then Snot telling ‘AMERICA’ how to scheme an offense and trying to sound witty and insightful...

 

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On 3/6/2020 at 7:12 AM, Teddy KGB said:


No one likes booger.    He is mocked to the ends of the internet on every platform 


 

We all understand that.

 

His likability before he got the job, was good and got him the job.
 

his incompetence after he started doing the job has transcended his likable personality.  
 

That is my point and why Manning may not fare as well as many assume he will, just because he is likable at now. 

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10 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

contrived excitement

 

This describes it to a T.  Perfect example:  as the Bills were lining up for the FG to send the playoff game into OT, Tessatore breathlessly exclaims:

 

"NEVER in the HISTORY of the NFL has a playoff game gone to OT TIED AT NINETEEN!!!!!!!"

 

:doh:

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11 hours ago, eball said:

 

This describes it to a T.  Perfect example:  as the Bills were lining up for the FG to send the playoff game into OT, Tessatore breathlessly exclaims:

 

"NEVER in the HISTORY of the NFL has a playoff game gone to OT TIED AT NINETEEN!!!!!!!"

 

:doh:


best work since Dierdorf excitedly reminded us five times during a playoff OT that it cannot end in a tie.

 

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15 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:


 

We all understand that.

 

His likability before he got the job, was good and got him the job.
 

his incompetence after he started doing the job has transcended his likable personality.  
 

That is my point and why Manning may not fare as well as many assume he will, just because he is likable at now. 

He still seems like a nice enough guy.  It's just the Pepper Brooks bit is only good for movies.

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It'll be a crash of metal if they put Manning in the booth. It's one thing to be marketable and likeable in a commercial when you have 174 takes to get it right. In a live setting with no net? Him? Hayseed?

 

Good luck. 

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Report: NBC rejects Al Michaels trade overtures from ESPN

Posted by Mike Florio on March 10, 2020, 10:25 AM EDT
 

At a time when there haven’t been many trades in advance of the start of the new league year, there also won’t be many (or any) trades among the NFL media.

 

Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports that NBC has rejected initial overtures from ESPN regarding a trade for Sunday Night Football play-by-play announcer Al Michaels. ESPN reportedly wants to pair Michaels with Peyton Manning, to whom ESPN reportedly has offered up to $20 million per year.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/03/10/report-nbc-rejects-al-michaels-trade-overtures-from-espn/

 

 

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