Well, this definitely sucks, but I guess it could be worse. In fact, when I clicked on this link, I half expected to see that they were planning something truly idiotic, like replacing Jaws with Skip Bayless or Christian Slater. I thought change was inevitable, and unless Gruden took a coaching job, it was going to be Jaws leaving the booth. This great news.
Jaws was one of the biggest idiots on TV. Thank god they split up the Monday night fellatio show. I don't know how Jaws or Gruden even spoke with any given player's dick in their mouth the entire time. By default, everything he said was a laughable exaggeration. Half of his commentary was in the form of a question he asked and answered himself. He would incorrectly assign some minor feature of a player as THE reason he was successful. He would come up with nicknames for players on the spot, claim he always called him that but never did , and would never use it again.
My favorite Jaws moment was during the very first game of the season. Rex Grossman had just come off a spectacularly bad season for the Bears. He takes the first snap behind center, takes a 3 step drop, and fires left for a completion. Jaws wastes no time: "Wow! I can already see how much he's improved during the offseason. His mechanics, his stance, his footwork We've only seen one play and you're ready to christen him as a great quarterback? I was considering a detailed refutation of your comment, but fortunately, you saved me the time, by referring to Tony Kornheiser as the "voice of reason", so now I see that you were obviously just being sarcastic.
Hehe, I welcome refutation. Kornheiser was always ready to shovel up Jaworski's bullshit. I was sad to see him go. Finally, someone who makes some sense. Jaworski is an idiot. He never says anything useful. And Gruden speaks only so he can hear himself. Any time any player makes a decent play, the two of them hail the player as the greatest in the league. Mike Turico is the only one in there with any sense. Good riddance to Jaworski, now somebody get that buffoon Gruden out of there, and it will be worth listening to again!
I'm sure. If I made a list of things the world would be better off without, professional sports cheerleaders would probably be in the top ten.
If by "models", you mean runway-type fashion models as opposed to, say, the "models" you might see in Playboy or Penthouse , I would argue that the average NFL cheerleader has a lot more sex appeal than the average fashion model, many of whom simply look, for lack of a better term, weird. If the idea is to have pretty girls titillating the audience, I think the current system is pretty good.
Also, actual fashion models are probably more expensive. Really I can take or leave cheerleaders. I like to look at pretty girls as much as the next guy, but it's not really my goal when watching football, and if it was my goal, I can do better than ogling cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are definitely much less expensive than fashion models, or even professional dancers. Yet they often put out more effort that the players they're cheering for.
By "models," I just meant theoretically attractive people, however they want to define them. Since they would not be "cheering," they would no longer be "cheerleaders. I cannot f—king pose and take the shot at the same time. If you got rid of the cheerleaders, then Easterbrook's column would be mercifully finished in half the time.
I'll give my unpopular opinion that I actually like even the average NFL play by play man. I'm not saying that the NFL average play by play commentary is adequate, it's just that I actually prefer to have the game narrated to me as I watch it despite the fact that I usually see just about everything they mention anyway.
I like having a pbp guy too as long as it's not Buck. I don't think your opinion is unpopular either given that every single broadcast has one. Also, it isn't like I have the number for every single player on every team memorized, so especially early in the game it helps me know who is doing what. Tennis guys have it right, they talk when the point is over but when the play starts they shut the hell up.
I think Jaws is great and I love his insights, but he wasn't doing a particularly great job in the booth. He and every other talking head ESPN puts in that booth got way too caught up in selling the TV product, at the expense of actual analysis, which requires occasional criticism of the players and coaches. Without providing commentary that comes across to the viewer as honest, Jaws and again, every other talking head in the booth ESPN has put in there just isn't compelling to listen to.
And because it's Jaws and we know he's capable of thoughtful analysis, it's all the more frustrating. I rarely watch the games with the sound on anymore, unless I'm looking for an injury update, because there is so seldom any value added. There have been radio guys, usually former coaches, who do really good jobs, but you can't get the radio broadcast in sync with the cable or satellite feed.
Once in a while, with the local antennae broadcast, I can, by using the second language feature on television, get the microphones that pick up the crowd noise and on the field sounds, without getting the guys in the booth. That's really awesome. You might want to consider a radio or similar device with an adjustable delay built in, I've found the slight hassle of setting it up more and more appealing in recent years.
Jaws wasn't very good as a real time announcer. He's much better as an analyst after the fact, so I actually like this move. Gruden doesn't bother me too much as he rarely says anything that is totally wrong or just at complete odds with the universe ala Phil Simms. He just kind of creates background noise for me. I think I agree. Jaws not that good live.
Both Jaws and Gruden have an "it's all about the quarterback" style. Gruden sucks but in this case it's addition by subtraction. On the other hand, what is the record for of people at an NFL-themed studio show? Are we going to see growth there? I don't think Jaws worked well in the booth. I think pairing Jaws and Gruden was turning out horribly. Gruden is great in those QB Camp things he does every year, and I thought going in to his MNF career he would be really good, but I think the booth didn't work with two color analysts.
Just look at the last two 3-man booths we have seen I believe these are the last two, but it might have slipped my mind. Some might say it worked because there was never any forced attempt or schtick. It was just three guys making each other laugh. I thought they were actually good, but I think two analysts in any situation have a hard time splitting up time. Honestly other than Michaels and Colinsworth I can barely stand any of them. Billick has been decent when I have heard him.
Buck and Aikman are sometimes not good enough not to be muted. But mostly I just watch games on mute. I find I follow what is going on better without all the yammering about useless storylines aimed at the casuals. I'll sign on with the crowd that says Jaws is great, but this was the wrong job for him. Those few times per game when they'd get back from commercial and he'd break down a play were very nice, but other than that nothing really worked.
His style in the booth tended towards the loud and bombastic, and always there were too many sweeping declarations. Also, I thought it was pretty apparent that he and Gruden were just tolerating each other, and it got in the way sometimes. OTOH, this does mean more air time for Jon Gruden, which is like spending three hours a week with my 9th grade gym teacher.
Agree with you pretty much on all fronts. Jaws and Gruden came across a lot alike with plenty of platitudes and forced excitement. Their voices even sound a lot alike. Tirico's a great play-by-play guy, and while Jaws is an outstanding analyst, he's badly neutered by the MNF format. The same technique they use to make Gruden sound better makes Jaws sound worse: literally every single word both men say --pre-game, in-game, halftime, post-game-- is completely scripted.
Even reactions to specific events of specific plays are written word-for-word ahead of time; if DE 1 beats LT 2, then read the words on index card I'm not exaggerating. Jaws is much better color guy. The reason for moving Jaws out that lineup was probably because he cursed on live TV.
I thought it was cable, anyway! Bunch of Fantasia-minded idiots! Which raises the question……. And how the commentary was limited to about 3 sayings that were repeated ad naseum…over and over and over? And how they were merely white noise, devoid of any real value or purpose? Gruden and Jaws had good chemistry and both could take it and dish it out when the other one was vulnerable.
Atleast it was entertaining, and having a former pro quarterback in the booth, other then Theisman , is usually a good play. Jaws will be missed on Monday night. GL with your new gig. Really nice guy but I really was not a big fan of his work. He needs to be working with B team for sure. Monday Night football stopped being good in It has been a laugh fest for years……. In a decade or so Aaron Rogers will own a lead analysts position if he wants to bother working at that point.
The guy is money in front of a microphone. The MNF announcing just gets worse and worse. Does it really matter? Football stopped being football when GODell took over so the announcers may as well be script readers. ESPN and football have never made it for me. And his stupid nicknames that he must stay up and night with his kids and think up are terrible. And what is up with his voice. Sounds like he has to clear it constantly. Every other damn analyst I heard is too afraid to speak something truthful.
I felt Jaws was sometimes one of them, respected his study and knowledge of the game though. Tirico is very reasonable. Gruden IS and always has been telegenic. And, if for some twisted reason you bring back Dennis Miller, please include a Thesaurus so some of us folks can get his references LOL. Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, will work various ESPN studio shows year-round, often focusing on his specialty of breaking down video.
Jaworski called "Monday Night Football" games the past five seasons. He said network executives believed Tirico and Gruden worked well as a two-man booth and there was no need to add a third person.
Bucky Brooks ranks his top five at the position. Jaworski, the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, will work with various ESPN studio shows year-round, often focusing on his specialty of breaking down game tape.
It takes special people to make it work. I go back to former analyst Tony Kornheiser. I had no problem with Tony. He was great to work with. But it is hard.
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