This is a preview of a new feature I'll be doing as the season goes on. It's the good and bad game (or games, possibly) from each week of the NFL season.
Week 1 is absolutely stacked, so this should be one of the tougher weeks. We kick off the NFL regular season September 8th on NBC with Packers-Saints in Green Bay. The two latest Super Bowl winners. Even though they had a quick exit in the playoffs, the Saints did not drop off that much in 2010 from their championship season of '09. This game is my overall winner for Week 1, but since there are games on Sunday and Monday, we can't leave those out.
Honorable mention goes to CBS's marquee Sunday afternoon matchup of Ravens-Steelers. It's the Steelers and the Ravens. Need I say more?
My loser for the week is the Monday Night Football doubleheader of Patriots-Dolphins and Broncos-Raiders. I just can't get too excited about either of these games.
Honorable mention loser goes to FOX's "Game of the Week" or whatever the hell it's called. Giants-Redskins. I'm sorry, I know it's the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and all and the connections between New York and Washington D.C. that come with it, but still, is that the best you can do, FOX? Rant ends here. Have a good one.
21 August 2011
08 August 2011
NFL on FOX 2011 Announcing Teams Announced
Wow, where have I been? Well, I am still alive and with football season approaching (thankfully), we can now look forward to broadcast schedules and the like. FOX has recently announced their announcer pairings and slots (as I like affectionately call batting order) for the 2011 season. And, unfortunately for viewers, the results are not spectacular.
1.) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman - No change from last year. Or the year before that and the year before that and the year before that, I think you get the picture.
2.) Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston - No change from last year for FOX's "B" crew, either. And they will still have the (dis)pleasure of Tony Siragusa, who offers nothing in the way of insightful analysis. Oh well.
3.) Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick - Same team, different slot. They've moved up a slot from last year, which is probably no matter. Brennaman will spell Buck during the baseball playoffs. Whee!
4.) Dick Stockton, John Lynch. Stockton was the "C" team announcer last year, who was paired with Charles Davis, who has slipped to 8th in the FOX batting order (and probably for the better). Lynch has moved up 2 slots from last year.
5.) Chris Myers, Tim Ryan - Ryan was the 5th slot analyst last year, but was paired with Sam Rosen, who unfortunately has slipped to 7th. Myers was the 7th slot announcer last year. This and FOX's 8th team (read below) may be the bottom of the barrel of NFL announcing teams for 2011 just because of Myers.
6.) Ron Pitts, Jim Mora Jr. - Pitts was the 6th team announcer last year, but Mora Jr. is a new addition. I see potential in this team.
7.) Sam Rosen, Chad Pennington - Whoo boy, gotta feel sorry for this team, as I feel they should be slotted much higher, but it's not up to me. The recently retired Pennington has always struck observers as one of the smartest and more cerebral quarterbacks, so he will potentially become a welcome new face to the NFL on Sunday.
8.) Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, Tim Brewster - Last and least is this crew, and (probably) thankfully they won't even work every NFL week (FOX rarely airs 8 games a Sunday).
So are the announcing pairs really that bad? Or are we lowering our standards for them and we'll get blown away by their performance this year. Who knows. NFL on FOX has a doubleheader Week 1 (September 11) with Falcons-Bears and Giants-Redskins the marquee matchups. (Does it surprise you that two NFC East teams that did not make the playoffs last year will be worked by the "A" crew?)
1.) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman - No change from last year. Or the year before that and the year before that and the year before that, I think you get the picture.
2.) Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston - No change from last year for FOX's "B" crew, either. And they will still have the (dis)pleasure of Tony Siragusa, who offers nothing in the way of insightful analysis. Oh well.
3.) Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick - Same team, different slot. They've moved up a slot from last year, which is probably no matter. Brennaman will spell Buck during the baseball playoffs. Whee!
4.) Dick Stockton, John Lynch. Stockton was the "C" team announcer last year, who was paired with Charles Davis, who has slipped to 8th in the FOX batting order (and probably for the better). Lynch has moved up 2 slots from last year.
5.) Chris Myers, Tim Ryan - Ryan was the 5th slot analyst last year, but was paired with Sam Rosen, who unfortunately has slipped to 7th. Myers was the 7th slot announcer last year. This and FOX's 8th team (read below) may be the bottom of the barrel of NFL announcing teams for 2011 just because of Myers.
6.) Ron Pitts, Jim Mora Jr. - Pitts was the 6th team announcer last year, but Mora Jr. is a new addition. I see potential in this team.
7.) Sam Rosen, Chad Pennington - Whoo boy, gotta feel sorry for this team, as I feel they should be slotted much higher, but it's not up to me. The recently retired Pennington has always struck observers as one of the smartest and more cerebral quarterbacks, so he will potentially become a welcome new face to the NFL on Sunday.
8.) Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, Tim Brewster - Last and least is this crew, and (probably) thankfully they won't even work every NFL week (FOX rarely airs 8 games a Sunday).
So are the announcing pairs really that bad? Or are we lowering our standards for them and we'll get blown away by their performance this year. Who knows. NFL on FOX has a doubleheader Week 1 (September 11) with Falcons-Bears and Giants-Redskins the marquee matchups. (Does it surprise you that two NFC East teams that did not make the playoffs last year will be worked by the "A" crew?)
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