Mr. WEO

The NFL is in decline....because I say it is!!!! Anyway, to all the "purists" out there: the NFL requires 16 commercial breaks per game (this hasn't changed in YEARS)--8 per half, 2 being mandatory at the end of the 1st and 3rd Q and at the 2 minute warnings. The other 6 per half can be used after TDs/PAT/FG or injury, team TOs. Also total penalties called per game 2015-2023 have decreased 16%. No "premiere RB" has ever averaged 30 carries a game. Only one who came close over a season was 18 years ago... So, in reality, many of the reasons cited in this thread as emblematic of "the decline of the NFL" aren't not fact based, but based on feelings. So why keep posting about a game you no longer enjoy watching?

posters here doing more posturing than Tua on his second concussion….

what are the objective signs a day or more after the hit? I don't know how long or if they should have held him out. that was not my point at all. I simply said his very brief exam seemed unlikely---and that had the exact same hit and response had been on Tua and he was simply handed smelling salts and bolted the tent in 4 minutes or less, this place would be howling bout how bad the Phins were handling him. that's all

this is a good tip! center channel in Dolby 5:1, 7:1 etc are usually assigned dialogue.

I didn't say they "never had a black audience"--so you aren't disagreeing with me there, nor did I suggest that the HOF and the game itself didn't/doesn't have great black players. That strawman argument aside, black viewership has always been a small fraction of viewers---and it is even smaller now as the rosters and therefore viewers have seen great strides in Hispanic participation. This is undeniable. Also, as I said above, it has been far longer than 20 years since that kids could watch their local team the whole season on network TV. As for your Mexicans vs other Latinos, it's not a point worth making. Many MLB fans decades ago considered some of the best players of color as "black", when they were from Cuba and the DR--this is still true today. But the facts remain that Hispanic viewers are the growing demographic for watchers of MLB games, regardless of where the players come from. If you are now making the argument that most kids (or other potential viewers) only tune into the MLB for the playoffs, I'm with you there--and it it makes my point about MLB's irrelevance compared to the NFL. MLB shoots itself in the foot by putting these playoff games on weekday afternoons, when most people can't watch TV at work. That might help their anemic numbers.

Steratore, ironically enough, blew the infamous Megatron TD call, overruling the call of TD on the field. He was later backed up on that beauty by......Mike Pereira. Pereira spent a total of 2 years as a line judge in the NFL before taking a supervisory role. He hasn't been on the field since 1997.... I would take a review reversal over a mistaken call all day. they should limit it to 1 minute though. if these guys back in the studio in the city need more than that, then let the call stand.

MLB went allowed regional cable broadcasts as a routine since the 80's. It's not a new development that is sapping ratings. If you didn't miss a single Yankees game, then you were watching YES network (a cable network). Also, MLB never had a large black audience (or black players: 18% max in 1991 --and the game now consists of 30% Latino players, in a country where Latino Americans significantly outnumber black Americans. Hispanic MLB viewers are among the most avid watches of that league right now. As for "most have cut the cord" in this country, I can't find source that puts it at much more than 1/3 of households. Similarly, watching YES or FS1 via FUBO, etc, is not cutting the cord. It's just watching cable TV without a cable box.

he's not nearly old enough for a Bills 1 year special.

so they are so bad at making calls...they should get rid of reviews that might spare us/correct these bad calls? that's an interesting argument. also, name all the "good officials" who now work for the networks.

that's not really how it works. should a team have picked him in the 1st round? he was projected as a WR2/3--how many teams needed that enough (over all other needs) to draft him in rounds 1/2?

Pro tip: if you don't like what your hear, turn the TV volume off. Maybe pick a radio broadcast. Every year we hear about the NFL's "decline"....yet everyone who assumes this is still here, watching and commenting. It strains credulity...to be kind. MLB would be happy to have 1/2 of the viewers as a random crappy Bengals/Giants night game for its LCS games. They barely got there for one LA v NY (massive markets) game this week. The Yanks/Cleveland was under 4 million viewers...for League Championship game with a NYC team in it!! There is no NFL decline. More likely far more people are watching products like Red Zone, which won't show up in network ratings.

so, when a patient, who feels it would be in his best interest (or that of his team), reports no symptoms, he is truly symptom free?

Nope. That's not how the concussion protocol works. Its intent is the opposite of what you just described. Clearly it is meant not to depend on patient self-reported symptoms...

favorable compared to Bills, yes. There’s not a lot wins there….

what else is going to triple his money in 10 years? https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/16/tom-gores-buys-la-chargers-stake-for-750-million-.html Guy is getting 27% for $750 million---this is a team that has been valued at 5.8 billion! That's a huge wake up call for these crazy valuations that Forbes and CNBC and others are tossing around. big investors are not going to pay based on these imaginary valuations. This guy made his offer based on a valuation of 4 billion----and still got another billion knocked off of that. He got 27% based on a less than 3 billion valuation on a team that the press had at 5.8. I would think these 3 dudes will look a that and tell Pegula they want 20% for 500 million. Why not?

I just didn't understand the logic to your conclusion. So it's not really an argument that we are having. You called the arrangement, bizarrely, "sleazy" and mentioned some "trust" issues you have with it. Now you say your are really only concerned that he won't be the best announcer he can be. Ok... As for the rest, announcers gain no meaningful insight to hanging out with the teams/staffs in the sunup to the game for the obvious reason that no team would ever share any new or important info with a guy calling a game. Why would they? Relax, it's not something to get exorcised over....

having a subpar K on the PS can't make Bass better or worse.

It's clear you don't like the idea. It's still not clear, specifically, why. You've seen the unprecedented restrictions he is under as an announcer (he's just not a "reporter", so no need to keep saying that, no more than Chris Collinsworth is. When did Collinsworth ever "report" anything newsworthy on his broadcast?). none of what you have posted tells us how it inhibits his ability to provide color commentary on game day.

Wilson was the AFL's second choice as Bills owner to have a team in a city that was not his first choice to own one.. He wanted Miami, but Hunt said no. Pat McGroder is credited with bringing pro football back to Buffalo--he had been heavily lobbying the NFL to come there. They wouldn't. Hunt called him before Ralph, offering him an AFL franchise. HE turned him down, figuring Buffalo would be the next NFL expansion team.

what's the point of signing this bum to the PS?

perhaps, but none of that is germane to my point.

First of all, as opposed to other announcers, his access is extremely limited: "can't criticize other teams or game officials and he can't attend broadcast production meetings that serve as the primary means of preparing for games. He also isn't allowed in the facilities of any team besides the Raiders except in stadiums when he's calling a game, and he can't watch practices." Even if that is not the case, what would be silly? You haven't described what you are concerned about as far as how he provides color commentary to the play by play guy's call? Tell us.

"good Buffalo food"?

He's an announcer, not a reporter. What is your concern---why sleazy?

There are no cakewalk teams for these Jets. Their Offense just stinks. Steelers D is legit. Colts, too. Cardinals will give them trouble too. Maybe they could handle a completely washed up Stafford. Rodgers v Stafford would be a painful watch.