Things Matt Millen said today without context (not that it would help)

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

I enjoyed the broadcast today, I thought it was fun. Not the tired stuff we hear all the time. Furthermore, he didn't act like football was splitting atoms. Kudos MM.

[Logic]

Don't forget the time he tried to explain Moss's play via Einstein, Archimedes, and the laws of physics mass in motion.

At times he was funny, like a kooky old uncle. At other times, he was groan-worthy. Really bad.

Thing that drove me really nuts was that he kept pronouncing Gesicki's name with soft G, like "Jesicki". HE HAS A PRONUNCIATION KEY IN FRONT OF HIM!!!

[BuffalothruMyVeins]

That was the worst time I've ever had watching the Bills beat down an opponent. If he said "good player" one more time, I was going to cry. How the Lions won 31 out of the 128 games that he was in charge of that franchise during is beyond me. I now have a new found sympathy for the Lions fans for enduring him through those years, and now have to face their abuser on national TV on a weekly basis. I think they have suffered enough, time to send this guy to the dog food factory. Get in the truck, Matt, we're going for a ride...

[1ManRaid]

"I liked the SPRINKLES at the end, that was funny."

[ticketssince61]

One of of my 'favorite' lines that he said that all announcers say: "The FORMER first round draft pick"

 

No - if you are drafted in the first round, you are always a first round pick. you never lose that status

[BuffaloBillyG]

I grew up listening to John Madden babble on about...stuff. Turkey legs, Tuff actin' Tinactin and just all kinds of random stuff. And his version of "really good player" was just "BOOM". 

 

Today brought me back to that simpler time. I'd give him a solid grade.

[Matt_In_NH]

He said some stuff that people will say is obvious or whatever.   Like they stopped them on every play….except busted coverages.  I thought he was fine and did a good job talking about the line play.   But I’m not surprised he is getting criticized.  

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

"That's stupid football"

 

"sometimes you have to play well......eventually"

 

"Do they even make fly paper anymore?"

 

"There's two ways to use speed. One is up and the other is across"

 

"Bills are trying to stick it right in there and end the game"

 

Called himself fat

 

asked if a dolphin had forward progress after it was clear they fumbled and 

bills recovered so it didn't matter anymore.

 

said the word "hip" or "hips"  a lot

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

He was so awful.  There was another time when Epinesa almost sacked Brisette and Rosseau got credit.  He used some weird acronym like “JOP” jumped on the pile.  

[Matt_In_NH]

24 minutes ago, 1ManRaid said:

"I liked the SPRINKLES at the end, that was funny."

I always crack my kids up yelling “sprinkles” during that commercial.  That was genuine. 

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, mattynh said:

He said some stuff that people will say is obvious or whatever.   Like they stopped them on every play….except busted coverages

 

I know it sounded stupid, but I knew exactly what he meant and he wasn't wrong.

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

 

asked if a dolphin had forward progress after it was clear they fumbled and 

bills recovered so it didn't matter anymore.

 

What he wanted to say was "Let's see if the refs called him down due to his forward progress being stopped".  After I wtf'd, I figured it out and thought it was an insightful comment, inartfully expressed, given the refs propensity to bone us on turnover calls.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

I had no problem with Millen. Will he win an Emmy? No, but he was generally entertaining in an old school kind of way. 

[May Day 10]

2 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

Yeah, I mean he bumbled a bit, but I think it was so much better than listening to Collinsworth's ball-washing or just a plain boring commentator like Gannon.

 

When I start to get agitated by a guy like Millen, dierdorf, or booger... I stop and think about this point.  

 

These guys aren't polished... but they seem to love the sport and being there.  It comes across and is 100x more genuine than collinsworth polished "phoniness" which ends up boring and unremarkable.

 

I always remember goofy things millen/dierdorf/booger says long after the game and laugh.  I don't think that has to be a negative thing

[1ManRaid]

25 minutes ago, mattynh said:

I always crack my kids up yelling “sprinkles” during that commercial.  That was genuine. 

 

That was part of why I enjoyed the broadcast.  I actually said "I like the sprinkles at the end" to my friend at the same time he did.  Then, no lie, I said "that's funny" at the same time he did when I noticed we said the same thing.  It was so bizarre I had to smile.

[Beach]

i didnt know the announcers watched the commercials too, so i learned something.

[Marv's Neighbor]

a broadcasters 25th amendment may help.

[klos63]

4 hours ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

"That's stupid football"

 

"sometimes you have to play well......eventually"

 

"Do they even make fly paper anymore?"

 

"There's two ways to use speed. One is up and the other is across"

 

"Bills are trying to stick it right in there and end the game"

 

Called himself fat

 

asked if a dolphin had forward progress after it was clear they fumbled and 

bills recovered so it didn't matter anymore.

 

said the word "hip" or "hips"  a lot

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

He was terrible.

[White Linen]

Aqib Talib was awful when my sons and I were checking into the Cardinals game.  For 2 quarters we were like, who is this  talking like that?

[Might Rather]

4 hours ago, stevestojan said:

You can’t even fart on a guy anymore.”

This made me literally laugh out loud. I was entertained with some of the things he said... definitely had worse commentators to listen to.

[NoHuddleKelly12]

4 hours ago, Xwnyer said:

So glad I listen to morph end Eric wood.  Murphy is, clueless, at times

Line of the day from the broadcast was Sal piping in from the sideline with, “The Dolphins fans are heading for the exits, and the Bills fans are heading for the front row” 😁

[MJS]

Not my favorite, but we could do a lot worse. For instance, Collinsworth. Hate that guy.

[HappyDays]

"You have to play well. If you don't play well, you're gonna get beat."

[BuffaloButt]

6 hours ago, stevestojan said:

“You can’t even fart on a guy anymore.”

Could be an all time great quote!!  My wife said did he just say fart!!!  Lol!!

[WhoTom]

The physics lesson was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard from a football announcer. (I've heard dumber science "lessons" from politicians, but I won't go there.) First of all, it's Newton, not Einstein. Secondly, he said "It's mass, not weight." Dude, mass and weight are directly proportional; more mass means more weight. And the concept isn't relativity, it's momentum. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nelius]

There was one point where he was talking about good refs vs. bad refs (lol) and the way he started the discussion fell so flat, he was then clearly talking to himself and had no plan. It was awkward air...but then Matt just hard charged into it and made some point about how good refs watch the game or something.

 

I'd listen to him again, it was entertaining.

[Starr Almighty]

4 hours ago, JohnNord said:

He was so awful.  There was another time when Epinesa almost sacked Brisette and Rosseau got credit.  He used some weird acronym like “JOP” jumped on the pile.  

Wait you didn't like the JOP line lol it was gold. AJ missed the sack Groot got it and AJ jumped on late. He then said AJ is gonna fill the statline JOP on that play jumped on pile😂😂

[Starr Almighty]

 

[RobbRiddick]

"Leave me alone. 

 

(and if you have any spare change that would be appreciated)"

 

 

 

[Bad Things]

Hmm... I actually really enjoyed his commentary during the game.

 

He even threw in a 3-Stooges reference!

[GunnerBill]

I absolutely loved Matt Millen. Yes there were some funky calls, but he was candid, funny and did not take himself too seriously. 

 

More Matt Millen please.

[DuckyBoys]

i though the broadcast was fun and not overbearing  We;ll be hearing much worse in the weeks to come

[RobbRiddick]

50 minutes ago, DuckyBoys said:

i though the broadcast was fun and not overbearing  We;ll be hearing much worse in the weeks to come

 

I agree. The fact that Millen is borderline insane just makes him more appealing to me

[Rochesterfan]

I just found Matt to be useless.  It seemed obvious that both commentators were completely unfamiliar with both AFC teams and had nothing really relevant to add to the broadcast.

 

Millen was interesting in the fact that he talked and talked about unrelated things like an old school meathead and at many points was just rambling on about utter non-sense.  
 

At least he did not take himself to serious - he sounded more like a fan doing this for the first time than an actual long time NFL veteran with playing and front office experience.  If you just listened to him speak - I would have thought he maxed out at high school football and barely understood the NFL game.

 

The physics comments were just so out of left field, then the fart comment, dissing his fellow commentators yellow tie was another highlight, and then he got totally lost trying to explain a good referee versus a bad referee.  I was interested until once again about half way through the ref speech - he lost his point and was like a bad referee let’s the players decide the game.

 

He certainly wasn’t cliche’ and that is good, but he also was just talking to talk and gave little insight or even strong input. 
 

 

[thenorthremembers]

My favorite was when he said "linebackers now adays play 5 to 6 yards off the line of scrimmage."

 

 

[Beast]

I found myself laughing and entertained.

[Golden*Wheels]

It was brutal

 

he seemed to misunderstand the rules several times as well.

[ChevyVanMiller]

He also said something like, “That was a Curly from the Three Stooges ‘woot-woot-woot‘ play. Not that anybody knows who that is anymore.“

[WhoTom]

3 hours ago, Rochesterfan said:

If you just listened to him speak - I would have thought he maxed out at high school football and barely understood the NFL game.

 

His performance as a GM leads to the same conclusion.

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

14 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

My favorite line was when he said "The defensive coverage has been excellent today, all day long, except for when the coverage was broken."

 

Or something like that.

 

LOL

 

 

Madden 101

[Dr. K]

14 hours ago, Warcodered said:

also a physics lesson due to Zach Moss being an unstoppable object.

His physics was argle-bargle. He somehow got the speed of light into the equation for momentum. 

 

It was actually pretty funny, if you know any physics.