Game Coverage Sucks

[wushawn]

AGREE 100%!!! Im not one to talk about the skins getting respect, i could care less as long as we win, but there were 2 teams playing last nite. All they talked about was the falling out of McNabb and how "HE" was losing the game. Given he wasnt accurate but we also came up with some big hits that they failed to mention that removed the ball from the reciever. It drove me CRAZY how looooooong they had Barkely on. I thought i was watching the tonight show dude

[redsk1]

I love to listen to Charles Barkley b/c usually he is spot on and he tell's it like it is, not caring for the consequences however....

I was going to start this thread before i saw it had already been posted. The ESPN coverage was horrible. How about talking about what's on the field? They spent so much time talking about Andy Reid, the Philly fans, etc. We missed about a quarter of football. Some things i just don't think we need to know about, like Reid's kids getting in trouble. No replay on the excellent ST hit. They barely mentioned that Smoot was out. They barely mentioned who started in his place.

It's not Barkley's fault they brought him in the booth and asked him to talk. Let's focus on the game.

I don't know about anyone else but i counted two times when announcers didn't know Jason's last name (pregame). Come on...

[rickmmrr]

ESPN was a total philly homer broadcast. I can't believe they did not replay ST's hit in the first quarter. Yet they replayed every one of McChunky soups incomplete passes.

Unbelievable.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by rickmmrr

ESPN was a total philly homer broadcast. I can't believe they did not replay ST's hit in the first quarter. Yet they replayed every one of McChunky soups incomplete passes.

Unbelievable.

I noticed that too. They missed a lot of replays while they were rambling on about senseless crap too.

Everyone already knows Philly fans are jerks, there's no reason to hold a quarter-long conversation about it and cause us to miss plays.

It was one of the worst-commentated games I've ever watched, BUT...it was a great game on the field.

[redsk1]

It does make you appreciate Madden and Michaels. They actually talk football.

And yes, say what you want about Joe T. but he actually analyzes the game.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by redsk1

It does make you appreciate Madden and Michaels. They actually talk football.

And yes, say what you want about Joe T. but he actually analyzes the game.

Madden and Michaels are still the cream of the crop.

[sbaughone]

That did it for me and MNF. If I wanted to watch the view, I'd watch the damn view. Kornholer sucks...fire all of them.

[12thMan]

Without question the worst coverage I've ever been exposed to.

I know I'm just repeating what has already been said, but they had too much Barkely, too much Reid, and too much Philly this and Philly that. The whole Donovan desrves better campaign was sickening! Then they jumped to Belichick and cheating! Really, who cares? Balance, guys, balance!!

They never talked up or barely acknowledged, for that matter, how well the Redskins were playing defensively. And if they were going to delve into Reid's personal life, they could have easily brought up Gibbs' grandson who has been ill too. Or some of the fresh blood the Skins added during the off season.

Also, why must I suffer through a pre-game video of how bad ass Brian Dawkins is and his comic book selection, but nothing about Sean Taylor or Landry? Taylor laid some wood last night, and they pan the camera to Barkley's fat ass! I was as pissed as one could get! A total, complete, and utter fiasco.

As a Redskins fan, I felt down right disrespected by the crap they pulled last night.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Without question the worst coverage I've ever been exposed to.

I know I'm just repeating what has already been said, but they had too much Barkely, too much Reid, and too much Philly this and Philly that. The whole Donovan desrves better campaign was sickening! Then they jumped to Belichick and cheating! Really, who cares? Balance, guys, balance!!

They never talked up or barely acknowledged, for that matter, how well the Redskins were playing defensively. And if they were going to delve into Reid's personal life, they could have easily brought up Gibbs' grandson who has been ill too. Or some of the fresh blood the Skins added during the off season.

Also, why must I suffer through a pre-game video of how bad ass Brian Dawkins is and his comic book selection, but nothing about Sean Taylor or Landry? Taylor laid some wood last night, and they pan the camera to Barkley's fat ass! I was as pissed as one could get! A total, complete, and utter fiasco.

As a Redskins fan, I felt down right disrespected by the crap they pulled last night.

As to the pre-game material, the only thing I saw was a story on Gibbs' return and how much his team has sucked since he's been back.

I suppose the only thing we can chalk this up to was it was a Philly home game, and it might have been different coverage if the Skins were at home. Or maybe I'm really grasping at straws here.

[firstdown]

Most of the time that I hear people complain about the announcers I just kind of blow it off as I'm to busy watching the game to give them any attention. Last night was a different story as the game seemed to be the side show to what the announcers were doing.

[hail_2_da_skins]

In a twisted sort of way, I liked the coverage.

I like the fact that all the so called experts picked the Eagles to win (Tom Jackson was the only one that had the guts to pick the Skins).

I like the fact that the entire nation picked the Eagles to win in a National wide poll.

I like the fact that all the pre-game hype was pumping up the Eagles to be the best team in the NFC East and what has happened to the NFC East, it used to be one of the best conferences in the NFL, bullcrap.

I like the fact how they pumped up Brian Dawkins to be the X-man Wolverine. I loved it when Mike Sellers trucked him and Todd Yoder took him out.

I especially liked how during the postgame the analysts made excuses for the Eagles; McNabb injury caused him to be ineffective, playing in Philly is tough, the Eagles passed too much, they should have run Westbrook more...

...whay...whay...whay...whay Cry Me A River!!!

[Monkeydad]

Also, did anyone see the intro to the game with McNabb standing still and pushing off about 10 Redskins with stiffarms and then throwing the ball...all while whining about how much he wants to play good?


That was ridiculous. After it was over I was just staring at the TV saying, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Buster

Also, did anyone see the intro to the game with McNabb standing still and pushing off about 10 Redskins with stiffarms and then throwing the ball...all while whining about how much he wants to play good?


That was ridiculous. After it was over I was just staring at the TV saying, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

I totally forgot about that one! Utterly ridiculous! I could go on and on about that one. The thing is, the NFL is looking for another darling to smear across the screen other than Peyton Manning every five minutes. So what does ESPN do, have McNabb throw off the entire Redskins defense in some pitiful skit.

How ironic was it that they chased his ass across the stadium all night.

[brent]

Aren't you amazed, though, that they dropped Joey T and yet managed to talk even more? I think Joe served the purpose of keeping the other guys from talking and that was a GOOD thing.

I didn't hear them say that the Eagle fans booed Santa Clause. Did I miss it?

I loved the video clip of Campbell's eyes though. That was gold.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by brent

Aren't you amazed, though, that they dropped Joey T and yet managed to talk even more? I think Joe served the purpose of keeping the other guys from talking and that was a GOOD thing.

I didn't hear them say that the Eagle fans booed Santa Clause. Did I miss it?

I loved the video clip of Campbell's eyes though. That was gold.

They booed Santa and pelted him with snowballs.

They cheered when Michael Irvin broke his neck.

They booed when the team drafted McNabb. (hilarious video)

ESPN - Philly fans' rogue image got boost when Santa booed in 1968 - NFL