Per Andrew Marchand (New York Post) Troy Aikman is ESPN bound for MNF

[Greg S]

(16) Andrew Marchand on Twitter: "NEWS COLUMN: Troy Aikman is leaving Fox Sports for ESPN and he could bring Joe Buck with him, The Post has learned. https://t.co/XIwmM297db" / Twitter

[Buffalo_Stampede]

It seems to me like networks are wasting money. No one watches football games for the play by play crew. 

[Bangarang]

Saw it was 5 years at $17mil per year. Also heard they were going to try and get Joe Buck as well.

[Ya Digg?]

I like Troy Aikman, but I don’t think it will matter if they keep scheduling terrible Monday night games 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Just now, Bangarang said:

Saw it was 5 years at $17mil per year. Also heard they were going to try and get Joe Buck as well.

My goodness. 

[Gugny]

Just now, Buffalo_Stampede said:

It seems to me like networks are wasting money. No one watches football games for the play by play crew. 

 

I can tell you that if the Manning Bros., were on, that I did NOT watch the games on ESPN.  That crew is horrendous - especially Levy.

[dpberr]

I'm still amused Aikman is considered on-air "talent."

[H2o]

Everyone thought he was going to Amazon with Al Michaels, but he chose ESPN. Now they say that Amazon may try to go after Sean McVay. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

2 minutes ago, dpberr said:

I'm still amused Aikman is considered on-air "talent."

That's the thing though, the game itself is the talent. I prefer less talk during games. I want to hear the sounds of the game.

[Brand J]

Aikman and Buck rank near the bottom of my play by play crews. Most times I don’t know if they’re calling a football game, or providing commentary for someone painting a fence. Give me a color man who gets excited for plays, someone in the mold of Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan. On a positive note, at least this gets the biased Collingsworth out of there.

 

EDIT: Cris calls SNF not MNF, my fault.

Edited February 24, 2022 by JayBaller10

[Process]

Sean mcvay would be crazy to continue coaching. The guy could make 2x the money announcing, for 5% of the work/stress.

Edited February 24, 2022 by Process

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, JayBaller10 said:

Aikman and Buck rank near the bottom of my play by play crews. Most times I don’t know if they’re calling a football game, or providing commentary for someone painting a fence. Give me a color man who gets excited for plays, someone in the mold of Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan. On a positive note, at least this gets the biased Collingsworth out of there.

What does Aikman going to ESPN have to do with Collingsworth on NBC?

[Chicharito]

I would’ve left along time ago if I was stuck with joe buck . 

[Big Turk]

Hopefully no relation to Brad Marchand

[Greg S]

1 minute ago, Process said:

Sean mcvay would be crazy to continue coaching. The guy could make 3x the money announcing, for 5% of the work/stress.

Just like Cowher. You can tell how much he enjoys working the pre and post game show for CBS. Get paid millions to show up in studio to talk/watch football all day. Then he has the whole offseason off. 

[skibum]

What a shame - Aikman and Buck are terminally boring. I stopped watching the World Series years ago because Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are so lame. I can't understand why MNF, or the NFL for that matter, would want these two stiffs to anchor their flagship program. I don't love Chris Collinsworth's personality, but at least he has one. 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

5 minutes ago, Process said:

Sean mcvay would be crazy to continue coaching. The guy could make 3x the money announcing, for 5% of the work/stress.

Some people love competition. 

[Greg S]

23 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

Saw it was 5 years at $17mil per year. Also heard they were going to try and get Joe Buck as well.

 

Might as well complete the hattrick and include Erin Andrews as well

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

18 minutes ago, H2o said:

Now they say that Amazon may try to go after Sean McVay. 

McFarland, too!

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There's talk of launching him off in Bezos' rocket. 😁

[BuffaloBud]

I actually turned the volume off for the Bills-Chiefs game as I was getting sick to my stomach listening to Nance / Romo.  I was doing the PxP in my head.  The only saving grace for Romo is that he will be an analyst and contribute to the broadcast.  Aikman - just blah blah blah - nothing of substance.

[MJS]

Oh thank goodness. The Monday night crew has been unlistenable.

 

Not a huge fan of Aikman, but he is better than what they had.

[Brand J]

11 minutes ago, Greg S said:

What does Aikman going to ESPN have to do with Collingsworth on NBC?

Oh you’re right, that’s SNF, not MNF. Damn. Well maybe they still replace him since Michaels is moving.

[Ramza86]

Seems like a waste of money. They already have the Manning cast locked up for more years.

 

Most people are going to soon realize its better to watch things like that. Not as organized, a couple of ex players huddled around and giving their honest reaction to the game will be much better than listening to vanilla commentators. 

[Greg S]

3 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:

Oh you’re right, that’s SNF, not MNF. Damn. Well maybe they still replace him since Michaels is moving.

 

I think they will probably have Mike Tirico work with Collinsworth which they have done in the past.

[Mark92]

Fox has the Super Bowl next year so this means we won't have to listen to Aikman while the Bills win the Super Bowl. 👍

[GunnerBill]

35 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said:

Aikman and Buck rank near the bottom of my play by play crews. Most times I don’t know if they’re calling a football game, or providing commentary for someone painting a fence. Give me a color man who gets excited for plays, someone in the mold of Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan. On a positive note, at least this gets the biased Collingsworth out of there.

 

You are wrong on Collinsworth (and he is SNF anyway) but you are right on Troy and Buck. Snoozathon. 

[The Wiz]

39 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Some people love competition. 

Have you never seen anchorman?

 

They have some rough competition in the broadcasting circles.

[BillsFan2313]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

My goodness. 

 

It is insane.. Romos contract is 10 years $180 million. He made around $120 million as a player

Edited February 24, 2022 by BillsFan2313

[dpberr]

56 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

That's the thing though, the game itself is the talent. I prefer less talk during games. I want to hear the sounds of the game.

Oh I'm with you on this one.  I'd enjoy the games without the announcers, and they are no longer a necessary feature of the broadcast.  

[Stevie Ray]

I remember an experiment one of the networks did back in the 80's if I recall correctly, where a game was broadcasted without announcers. It was kind of weird, wouldn't necessarily say it was better or worse. Then again, the quality of commentary was way better in those days so broadcasting without announcers might be refreshing these days.

[HomeskillitMoorman]

1 hour ago, JayBaller10 said:

Aikman and Buck rank near the bottom of my play by play crews. Most times I don’t know if they’re calling a football game, or providing commentary for someone painting a fence. Give me a color man who gets excited for plays, someone in the mold of Gus Johnson or Kevin Harlan. On a positive note, at least this gets the biased Collingsworth out of there.

 

Gus Johnson all day! That guy just has fun with it, he brings the child-like excitement. 

[Marv's Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

I can tell you that if the Manning Bros., were on, that I did NOT watch the games on ESPN.  That crew is horrendous - especially Levy.

I enjoyed every game that I watched with them.  Otherwise, I use the Mute button, a lot!

[shane nelson]

Good, get him off on Sunday and watch the Manning brothers.  All is good 

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

21 minutes ago, BillsFan2313 said:

 

It is insane.. Romos contract is 10 years $180 million. He made around $120 million as a player

Networks just wasting money. 

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

I can tell you that if the Manning Bros., were on, that I did NOT watch the games on ESPN.  That crew is horrendous - especially Levy.

 

To me the worst is Greise, no one can get a word in edge wise.

[Ya Digg?]

19 minutes ago, Stevie Ray said:

I remember an experiment one of the networks did back in the 80's if I recall correctly, where a game was broadcasted without announcers. It was kind of weird, wouldn't necessarily say it was better or worse. Then again, the quality of commentary was way better in those days so broadcasting without announcers might be refreshing these days.

So honest question-was it really that much better back then or do you just have a favorable memory? I honestly don’t know if the announcers are that much different than they used to be, we all just now have a way to voice our comments/complaints that we didn’t have back then.

 

it’s like when people say Michael Jordan would never complain like Lebron does now. Michael was one of the biggest complainers in the league (they even changed the rules for him!) but we don’t remember those things about him

[ProcessAccepted]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

It seems to me like networks are wasting money. No one watches football games for the play by play crew. 

Especially with the play by play crews that are out there. I'll only watch a Collinsworth game if the Bills are playing.

[GunnerBill]

2 minutes ago, Ya Digg? said:

So honest question-was it really that much better back then or do you just have a favorable memory? I honestly don’t know if the announcers are that much different than they used to be, we all just now have a way to voice our comments/complaints that we didn’t have back then.

 

it’s like when people say Michael Jordan would never complain like Lebron does now. Michael was one of the biggest complainers in the league (they even changed the rules for him!) but we don’t remember those things about him

 

Is it not also the case that in the 80s you didn't see as many games and the nationally televised games always got the best 2 or 3 crews? I don't know that for a fact, before my time, but wonder if that is a factor too. 

[mushypeaches]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBud said:

I actually turned the volume off for the Bills-Chiefs game as I was getting sick to my stomach listening to Nance / Romo.  I was doing the PxP in my head.  The only saving grace for Romo is that he will be an analyst and contribute to the broadcast.  Aikman - just blah blah blah - nothing of substance.

 

Troy Aikman has been mailing it in for about a decade now.  He offers next to nothing that the average viewer can't already see for themselves

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, mushypeaches said:

 

Troy Aikman has been mailing it in for about a decade now.  He offers next to nothing that the average viewer can't already see for themselves

 

Personally, I don't give too much of a crap about the content of what's coming out of these guys' mouths.  A lot of it is just background noise/filler for me.  But when someone has a voice that gets on my nerves, it has a negative effect on my viewing experience.  Booger and Levy both made me run for the mute button.  Unbearable.  Almost like torture.  They're horrible.