Dare I say Chris Brown is a better PBP man than John Murphy?

[Stanley Lombardi]

He attempts to convey drama with sheer volume, and his quips are prefabricated.  Bring back Murph.

[Goin Breakdown]

The way he EMPhaSIzes drIVES me NUUUts 

[eball]

1 hour ago, Mr. WEO said:

He sounds like a HS kid broadcasting on CCTV.

 

Mindless hype machine.  Like a hopped up Gus Johnson, without the intelligence.

 

Boom goes the dynamite.

 

 

[Don Otreply]

3 hours ago, RobbRiddick said:

They should replace Woods with Maddy Glab

 

Brown: "Allen drops back, looking for Diggs"

 

Glab: "f***ing a**hole"

 

Brown: "throws it to Diggs..."

 

Glab: "f***ing a**hole"

Makes me think this Mattie Glab person is okay, she has chutzpah,  it would be a land mark duo those two,  😁👍

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

7 hours ago, Bangarang said:

They’re both pretty bad

Agree, had to listen to parts of last couple games on the radio, for most of the time, I had no idea what yard line the ball was at, and some of the time, not even the down. Yesterday, he actually said the yard line..”..on the Bills 38..”..but thankfully Wood in 

his color commentary surreptitiously mentioned the ball was on the Commanders 41.

 

I don’t care if he is excitable or not…but at least get the basics down.

 

At least am not getting Murph’s..”..BIG hole on the right side!!!…stopped after a gain of about a yard…”

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by ControllerOfPlanetX

[Straight Hucklebuck]

42 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

Everyone needs to listen to other play by play guys just for perspective. If "sounding psychotic" is a turn-off, you're in for shock.

Yeah yeah yeah we know.

 

Touchdown! Kansas City.

 

Touchdown………Raiders….

 

But someone like Jim Donovan also yells, but it’s a much smoother delivery, without the “he’s hotter than a firecracker!”

 

Merrill Reese comes to mind with the iconic voices. 
 

[PauleeeWalnuts]

His voice goes through my head like a spike. I’d take Murph back any day TBH, CB sounds like he’s calling a high school game and he’s one of the students. 

[offyourocker]

I cant stand listening to him and tasker

[KDIGGZ]

I'm not much of a Chris Brown fan after what he did to Rhianna

[Free Speech]

2 hours ago, eball said:

Truthfully, just about all "hometown" announcers are brutal.  You hear the clips if you are driving around listening to SiriusXM NFL Radio on Sunday...I cringe at 95% of the touchdown calls.

 

100% this. 

[Kwai San]

4 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

I’ve only heard his TD calls on GR and am not sure I could deal with him for a whole game. Van Miller, Jeanneret and even Ted Darling spoiled me. 

 

As sainted as Rick Jenneret was, EVERY and I mean EVERY damn time a Sabre crossed the blue line his voice went up 4 octaves and 20 decibels!  EVERY.  DAMN.  TIME.  That was huge annoying to me.......especially during game 78 in one of the many many rebuilding seasons......

[WotAGuy]

2 minutes ago, Kwai San said:

 

As sainted as Rick Jenneret was, EVERY and I mean EVERY damn time a Sabre crossed the blue line his voice went up 4 octaves and 20 decibels!  EVERY.  DAMN.  TIME.  That was huge annoying to me.......especially during game 78 in one of the many many rebuilding seasons......

That’s because it was such a huge accomplishment for the Sabres back then. 

[JohnNord]

2 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

He sounds like a HS kid broadcasting on CCTV.

 

Mindless hype machine.  Like a hopped up Gus Johnson, without the intelligence.

That’s a good analogy.  It reminds of some college hockey broadcasts I listen to.  The student announcers try to sound like Rick Jeanette at a “10” the entire broadcast.  

[Roundybout]

You like him? He’s irritating as hell. He doesn’t need to go FULL SHOUTING on a pass breakup on 3rd down. 

[bklnpete]

I listen to One Bills Drive with Brown and Tasker. If there's a voice out there that makes me cringe it's not Brown's; It's the Stans from "Chic-towaga" or the Joes from Elma or all the Daves from the Southtowns that call in.

Love Bills fans, cringe at the accents. 

Edited September 26, 2023 by bklnpete

[Shemp]

8 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

 

I really couldn't care less who does the radio call.   Just wondering why Murph gets little to no love from the fans?   

 

 

 

He was a good Sports Director at WKBW but that didn't translate as a natural pbp man. He kept repeating the same phrases -- "the snaaap" --  and when the play called for excitement, his voice strains and he just doesn't have the pipes.

[co_springs_billsfan]

7 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

He sounds like a HS kid broadcasting on CCTV.

 

Mindless hype machine.  Like a hopped up Gus Johnson, without the intelligence.

Love me some Gus

[Da webster guy]

i like all announcers that are bills fans.   loved kelso and murph, Van (duh), and Brownie has great enthusiasm and knows the team better than anyone so he's good for me too.  Eric Wood is awesome in broadcast and mondays on WGR.

 

now i need to figure out how to synch the radio with the tv so i can listen to these guys instead of the TV weenies

[Green Lightning]

9 hours ago, Bangarang said:

They’re both pretty bad

Yes but Murph the lesser bad. 

[Dan Darragh]

It would have been OK if he hadn't started yelling "MAY DAY! MAY DAY" when AJ scored.

[GunnerBill]

16 hours ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

 

at least he  MAKES the call. Murph half the time doesn't know who's who and dodders his way through

 

 

He has ZERO clue who anyone on the other 31 franchises is unless they are a former Bill. I remember him calling a Brady touchdown vs us in that game at Tampa as being complete to Edwards for a touchdown. I think he meant Mike Evans.

[DC Greg]

People are pointing out his flaws which are all valid. But at least there’s a chance he could improve over time… I’d take that over Murphy who is awful, has always been awful, and is only getting worse. You’ve had a good run dude. Hang it up.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

59 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

He has ZERO clue who anyone on the other 31 franchises is unless they are a former Bill. I remember him calling a Brady touchdown vs us in that game at Tampa as being complete to Edwards for a touchdown. I think he meant Mike Evans.

 

You're talking Murph, yes?

 

[GunnerBill]

14 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

 

You're talking Murph, yes?

 

 

Yep.

[Dukestreetking]

Tone and timbre (during his good years) I give to Murph; football knowledge to Brownie. Combine the two, and we'd have ourselves a decent PBP guy.

[Not at the table Karlos]

I wish Murphy well health wise. But hope he never returns to the team. He wasn't very good as an announcer and he's an even worse human being. 

 

Brown like others have said gets too excited. But I'll take him over Murphy. 

[JohnMurphyHamFetish]

Just because i broke into your house on Easter and stole your holiday dinner dressed as the hamburgular dont mean im a bad person... 

bad announcer... maybe 

[Shemp]

24 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

I wish Murphy well health wise. But hope he never returns to the team. He wasn't very good as an announcer and he's an even worse human being. 

 

Brown like others have said gets too excited. But I'll take him over Murphy. 

 

Can you elaborate "as a human being?"

[St. Kitts Bills Cru]

19 hours ago, Taro Nimbus said:

If he just dialed back the enthusiasm jussssssst a bit, he’d be excellent.  Lol

My thoughts exactly. It's just a little too much and sounds fake.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Dredging this back to the top, it wasn't too many years ago that the radio 'Pregame Roundtable' was a good mix of print and broadcast journalists discussing the upcoming game.  I recall Carucci, Felser, and a few other local notables having a place at that hour.  Today I tune in for the first time in years, and it now consists of just Greg Brown and Sal Capaccio?!  Audacy that broke they couldn't field a couple extra scribes?  Or did Sullivan's rant over the hospitality table cause a mass exodus? 🤔

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

I used to argue with Chris Brown on the old school BBMB. He’s a bum 

[SoMAn]

Just heard some of the radio broadcast highlights.  Not hearing the entire broadcast I can’t really judge, but for the big plays that he announces, the cliches and metaphors sound very scripted and contrived, like he’s reading off a Rolodex of 3 x 5 index cards with clever sayings.
 Not spontaneous. 

Edited October 1, 2023 by SoMAn

[Nelius]

On 9/26/2023 at 7:42 AM, Shemp said:

 

Can you elaborate "as a human being?"

Yeah gotta bump this. Heck of a thing to say 

[Einstein]

4 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Dredging this back to the top, it wasn't too many years ago that the radio 'Pregame Roundtable' was a good mix of print and broadcast journalists discussing the upcoming game.  I recall Carucci, Felser, and a few other local notables having a place at that hour.  

 

Great observation. I forgot about that.

[KHAN]

On 9/25/2023 at 3:51 PM, Scott7975 said:

Unfortunately neither are anywhere near as good as Van Miller was.

I'd give anything for just one more:

 

"Fasten your seat belts"!

[BillsPride12]

Heard some of Brown's calls from the game on WGR this morning...first thing I thought of his voice sounded like a screaming Gilbert Gottfried 

[Freddie's Dead]

Every positive Bills play is a <human climax> (the "O" word is filtered) to Brown.  If he dialed it back, and saved the emotion for the big plays, he could be very good.  But he's done enough games now that he's clearly not getting any feedback to improve his delivery.  He's a homer on steroids.

Edited October 2, 2023 by Freddie's Dead

[Nephilim17]

I've been listening to the One Bills Live show, and talking to AJ, Chis used the word "repertoire" several times and pronounced it like this every time:

Reh-pe-twah

 

I wanted to smack Chris' bald head with all my might. He thinks he's being sophisticated but he's being a smack-worthy fool.

 

Sorry, had to vent.

 

Go to 4:56 for the first of many such offenses.

 

https://www.buffalobills.com/video/a-j-epenesa-defensive-line-dominant-in-leading-the-nfl-in-sacks

[Blackbeard]

Just waiting for Tasker to lose his sh!t on their show having to host with this guy. 

 

Brown is knowledgeable, but I cannot listen to him.  Way way too loud. Too excitable.  
 

a mouse fart and the dude goes ballistic. 
 

 

[Mikie2times]

On 9/25/2023 at 2:08 PM, RobbRiddick said:

"Josh drops back, throw the ball.... AND IT'S A 3 YARD COMPLETION TO DIGGS! DIGGS IS DIGGING A HOLE AND FILLING IT UP WITH WIDE RECEIVING ABILITY! ALLEN WITH THE 3 YARD COMPLETION, CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS. NOW HE'S CALLED A TIMEOUT! A TIMEOUT BY THE BILLS. THE CLOCK WAS RUNNING AND THEN ALLEN CAME IN WITH THE TIMEOUT AND STOPPED IT LIKE SUPERMAN STANDING IN FRONT OF A FREIGHT TRAIN!"

That sounds like my mom talking about her cat. It’s breathing! Look at her breath. Miraculous breaths of oxygen. Purring. What an amazing creature she is. Look at her sitting there. Existing in this world. The way she exists. So cute.