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announcers who won’t shut up during big moments are the fucking worst. Also, you really heavily on announcers in the experience of watching so having a senile guy confusingly babbling (al micheals) as a play unfolds makes the game borderline unwatchable

"What a play by Mahomes"

Anyone bitching about Buck or Collinsworth is just doing it for the sake of doing it.

Now Vilma on the other hand…

I will fight anyone who says anything negative about Joe Buck

and I don’t really understand the Collinsworth hate either. he’s pretty funny, and he gets really excited about good football which is great

the only announcer who is so bad to me that I actually notice (and thus care) is Mark Sanchez. dude just comes across as so “know-it-all” and he never, ever, ever shuts up lol

I stumbled across the 2010 matchup between the Bills and Ravens on YouTube yesterday and watched the whole thing cause I’m a degenerate. And by god the announcers are horrible.

I watched that game in 2010 and I don’t remember the announcing being that bad but I also know a lot more about football than I did then. Announcers are supposed to bring a combination of energy and knowledge to the game otherwise there wouldn’t be a point to them being there. Most announcing crews are fine, but the bad ones can really suck the life out of a broadcast. Conversely, the great crews can make games so much better than they actually are.

It is basically infotainment. Good announcers are entertaining and informative and bring a good blend of the two.

Joe Buck has gotten a lot better in the last few years once he and Aikman stopped giving a shit about being buttoned up all the time and let some of their actual personalities out.

Colinsworth used to be okay as an average announcer but he has gone all in with the PFF shilling a decade ago, he is basically white noise now. Not good or bad really.

Used to love Romo but he has been phoning it in the last few years. Still better than Phil Simms was in his later years but not nearly as good as he was in his prime.

Will be excited to see how Brady fares.

Can anyone else not even relate to what the people in here are saying? I listen to what they have to say in a nonjudgmental way and . . . that’s that. I don’t get mad about it or lose sleep about the inconsequential words of football analysts.

Like you OP, they’re just simply background noise. I truly don’t mean this in a holier-than-thou way either.

The only time I was off-put by one was when Romo started singing randomly and I could feel it make Nantz cringe. Romo is a little eccentric. As long as they’re saying something football related, then I, for the most part, won’t notice it.

The people complaining about announcers being passionate over players are being silly. It’s quite literally in their job descriptions to be passionate.

"Now here's a guy that doesn't even notice the announcers during the game" - Chris Collinsworth probably

Announcers are like bass players in a band. If you don't notice them it means they are doing their job and doing it well.

If you can’t tell the difference then I would say go back and watch Dan Dierdorf or Joe Theisman. They truly were bad at their gig. Theisman especially would contradict himself. Dan never knew how to say anyone’s name.

With you bud, some peoples lives are so miserable all they have going for them is running to reddit to complain about the guys narrating the game. It is wild.

It just comes down to the relative amount of knobslobbering.

You guy's get other announcers? Pretty sure we only get Burkhardt and Olsen for this season?

I don't give a shit who's announcing tbh. Or how they are doing it lol

Some are better than others but it's not a big deal. What I don't understand is why people on Reddit have such a fuckin boner over reporters. Who gives a shit who tweets what? You hear it all eventually, if someone gets it out five minutes sooner or later it has no effect on life but these people lose their goddamn minds.

They all have their own traits

Harlan talks fast and fluid(from his basketball games)

Collinsworth always smiles. He loves the game of football

Romo gets super excited

My only Joe Buck beef is the call on the Derrick Henry 99 yard run and I like to think he was so shocked that no one tackled him he really didn't know what to do. He has the best call of the modern era (Diggs, sideline, touchdown, unbelievable). He's also the only modern announcer that will let the game breath a la Pat Summerall.

Collinsworth can be annoying.
I think Al is over it, but when he let's that show it's funny.
Thursday Troy is fun. He's got a little more dgaf about him on Thusdays that I like.

The announcers that really get on my nerves are the one's that say all the names wrong and the ones that won't shut the fuck up. This isn't around the horn, you don't get points per word during a game. You are not why we are watching, you are companion piece. Act like it.

I think the Beth Mowins hate is stupid. I get some of you losers never want a chick to call a game, you're dead wrong.

What makes a good announcer? Someone that can enhance the game experience without getting in the way of it. Someone that can FEEL the game. There are times to talk and times to shut up and that is all feel. I want to feel like I'm watching a game with a buddy that knows way more about football than me, but is still there with me to just watch the game.

Moat people seem to think all announcers suck and just want to complain regardless.

With Collinsworth, you can always hear the distinctive sound of Mahomes' balls being gargled even from another stadium.

Honest answer….a lot of times the gripes are the announcer doing the same thing. The same trope over and over again.

Collinsworth stands out as the worst at it these days. It just wore out a long time ago. Romo might be the best instance of something that worked so well when he (recently) started announcing, but has gone completely the other way.

People get sick of hearing the same damn thing. If you don’t really notice the announcers during the game then that’s a skill that I’m sure many of us wish we could cultivate. Feel blessed.

"Oh, this helpful person is telling me stuff about the game I'm already watching

The bad ones talk about other things too often. Or state blatantly false information. Or talk when they should be quiet/sit silently when they should be talking.

Most PxP announcers should be locked in a room for 8 hours and be required to watch/listen to a highlight reel of peak Pat Summerall during his CBS years in the 80s. The epitome of “less is more”. He was the master of it.

“Simms… Bavaro… (pause)… touchdown!”

“The Cowboys would have won if I was announcing.” Troy Aikman on Tony Romo announcing the Cowboys playoff game.