If that wasn't enough, the article begins with Simms getting ready to do color commentary for the Broncos-Chiefs game. I quote:
Phil Simms is fired up. He has seen something he must point out, so he leaps off his chair and toward the flat-screen TV in his home office, in Franklin Lakes, N.J. ... As part of his exceedingly thorough preparation, he is watching a coach's tape of the Broncos' previous game that shows all 22 players from above, allowing him to see how plays unfold. (He also watches broadcast tapes to avoid repeating other announcers' observations.)...
"See how the cornerback breaks here," he says, indicating Denver's Champ Bailey. "He reads [Dallas quarterback] Drew Beldsoe and comes up on it! ... If Bailey doesn't break, it's not an interception."
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Yep.
(I swear to God I did not make up any of this.)
7 comments:
Over the last two years I have had no less than 12 phone conversations about how Phil Simms is the worst commentator on television.
Tim McCarver is right up there, too.
And what's with the dig at Madden. I think the MNF duo is the best team on pro-football.
In addition to Madden, Troy Aikman and Daryl Johnston are both better color men than Simms.
Aikman is great. I haven't seen Johnston enough.
We were on a cruise in November, watching the Falcons-Lions game on closed circuit. No commercials, just field and crowd shots during the breaks. Sometimes you can hear the announcers talking during this time. Before the game started, Troy Aikman busts out with, "Did that last shot looked f**ked up to you?" Still get a smile thinking about it.
Football- Dick Stockton is underappreciated. ESPN Sunday night crew is awful.
College- Give me Keith 'oh nelly' Jackson any day.
Baseball- Joe Buck is awful (baseball and football). I really enjoyed when NBC had the World Series and Bob Costas and Bob Uecker were on.
Yep, give me Uecker and Costas any day over Buck and McCarver. John Miller on ESPN is great, Morgan brings him down though.
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