Yeah I agree here. I think mostly people dont like Collinsworth because of the Mahomes ballwashing. I dont hate him really, but he was ballwashing Mahomes even during non Chiefs games and it does get nauseating. Like you, he and Al were my favorite. Obviously Madden was my favorite all time. That guy was the best. I also I can't leave out Van Miller. Miller was awesome and Murphy is garbage without him IMO. Romo was great his first year, but I think he got "commercialized" by the networks because his style has changed to also ballwashing. I honestly dont remember and Gruden stuff so I dont know what to think about that.
Agree on the games. Last year was way better. The games on Thursday this year, outside of a few of them, have mostly been boring. I think Al commented that he was going to retire if he got one more of them they were so bad lol. If you look at the schedule preseason, they should have been good matchups but the Broncos were terrible and not many if any expected that.