The Hard Knocks Thread

[RochesterLifer]

1 minute ago, DCofNC said:

That narrator, he belongs on an animal planet documentary, almost as bad as Collinsworth.  Hire Mike Rowe or really anyone with some voice inflection please.

I think the strategy behind the narrator is to have the players and coaches be the stars. The narrator is there to fill in the blanks. You can like it or not (I'm kinda "meh"), but I think that is the reasoning behind the style.

[Chuck Schick]

3 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

That narrator, he belongs on an animal planet documentary, almost as bad as Collinsworth.  Hire Mike Rowe or really anyone with some voice inflection please.

The obligatory “This narrator/announcer/talk show host sucks”  take

[HappyDays]

2 hours ago, Man with No Name said:

if you haven't seen it, look up "Andre Reed and his snake" 😅

 

I Googled this on my work computer and HR just set an unplanned meeting with me. Earlier I Googled Hard Knocks but made a rather embarrassing typo on the second word. Anyways my HR rep must be a fan of the show. I'll let you know how the meeting goes.

 

Edited August 6 by HappyDays

[Doc Brown]

8 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

That narrator, he belongs on an animal planet documentary, almost as bad as Collinsworth.  Hire Mike Rowe or really anyone with some voice inflection please.

There's very few people I've heard from that doesn't like Liev Schreiber's voice as the narrator.  Would you prefer Maddy Glab?

[Ralonzo]

5 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

I saw my wife on hard knocks. Anyone else see any cameo appearances? 

 

4 hours ago, 26TrapDraw said:

Who was she with?

 

 

[chris heff]

15 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I’ve never even heard of drifting 

When they said it I thought they were talking about about tubing down the mighty Niagara.

[Rubes]

 

This is awesome. I love this guy.

 

[The Frankish Reich]

13 minutes ago, jkeerie said:

I disagree.  Liev Schrieber does a nice job...and actually has done narration for the History channel as well.

It's still an NFL films product even if it runs on HBO. And so they're sticking with the classic style.

[Ralonzo]

After seeing Tre White got married to Ikea Perrier I'm now filled with regret for never asking out Temu Schweppes.

 

[The Frankish Reich]

1 minute ago, Ralonzo said:

After seeing Tre White got married to Ikea Perrier I'm now filled with regret for never asking out Temu Schweppes.

 

 

[GoBills808]

4 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

After seeing Tre White got married to Ikea Perrier I'm now filled with regret for never asking out Temu Schweppes.

 

strong

[HappyDays]

11 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

There's very few people I've heard from that doesn't like Liev Schreiber's voice as the narrator.  Would you prefer Maddy Glab?

 

Give me John Wawrow. "Josh Allen, uh, is the, uh, reigning MVP of the NFL. That's, uh, MVP of course stands for Most Valuable Player, Josh Allen was voted the Most Valuable Player, and, well, uh, you know the thing about that, uh, Josh Allen wears the number 17."

[Low Positive]

7 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

After seeing Tre White got married to Ikea Perrier I'm now filled with regret for never asking out Temu Schweppes.

 

Volvo San Pellegrino

[Draconator]

Just now, Low Positive said:

Volvo San Pellegrino

I'm all in on Nissan Gin and Tonic

[The Frankish Reich]

15 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

Volvo San Pellegrino

 

14 minutes ago, Draconator said:

I'm all in on Nissan Gin and Tonic

Seriously, did she get the name from some kind of joke Influencer Name Bot?

[JustAnotherBillsFan]

15 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

I’ve never even heard of drifting 

First thing that came to mind for me was a song by a rapper named KB. The Art of Drifting

[Shortchaz]

3 hours ago, Blainorama5 said:

Definitely seemed like an appropriate love-story-ish intro to Buffalo and the team ... especially since the head producer is from Rochester!!  Kind of a powder puff episode compared to other HKs, but was still awesome to watch!!  Love the on-field banter as always from Josh.

 

Can't wait to see more....

 

I agree. The episode felt more like a marketing gimmick than some past seasons. Left me wondering if there was an effort to move away from following fringe roster players to stars. Felt a little hollow but maybe I’m too close 🤷‍♂️. 

Edited August 6 by Shortchaz

[billsfan89]

3 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

I agree. The episode felt more like a marketing gimmick than some past seasons. Left me wondering if there was an effort to move away from following fringe roster players to stars. Felt a little hollow but maybe I’m too close 🤷‍♂️. 

 

I always feel like the first episode or two of the training camp Hard Knocks aren't the most engaging they kind of serve as an overview of the personalities of the team and the coaching staff. It's not until you get to episode 3-5 of the training camp when you start see cuts and more meaningful pre-season action that things from a football perspective get interesting. 

[stevewin]

4 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

It was a direct shot across the bow at Burrow based on the Netflix Quarterback series. 

 

Next episode I expect Josh to take the OL to the Strong Museum after practice and go through the different types of fossils and then an astronomy lesson at the planetarium. 

 

I am just kidding, but it's what I thought of! It makes sense if you watched Burrow on Quarterback on Netflix. Always yapping about dinosaurs and fossils and other random science stuff. 

 

Now that I'm saying all that I wouldn't be shocked if it was some kind of inside joke based on Burrow in the Netflix show. Sort of like a friendly jab that the players would get but most would miss. 

 

 

 

Good call.  I had forgotten about Burrow's little paleontology lesson in the QB show - I knew Josh's thing reminded me of something specific from one of these shows

[GoBills808]

23 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:

 

I always feel like the first episode or two of the training camp Hard Knocks aren't the most engaging they kind of serve as an overview of the personalities of the team and the coaching staff. It's not until you get to episode 3-5 of the training camp when you start see cuts and more meaningful pre-season action that things from a football perspective get interesting. 

iirc they usually delve a little more into a couple fringe roster guys, develop backstories to generate some tension around cutdown...maybe they're trying something new