Buftex Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, DriveFor1Outta5 said: I’m not as obsessed with being anti Pats as some on this board are, but Collinsworth was over the top. Heaping praise on Brady with the Pats down ten at the half was absurd. There is nothing wrong with a brief mention of last years comeback, but the Eagles play deserved at least a mention. Unfortunately, Collinsworth chose to incessantly rave about the team who was trailing going into the half. As usual, Collinsworth sounded like nothing more than a Brady fanboy. I guess I didn't notice. I was pulling for the Eagles all the way, but I guess I was also in the "no lead is too big for Brady to overcome"camo, right up til the very end. And honestly, though his team lost, Brady was pretty amazing. I think, maybe, Collinsworth do the "big game" of the week, so maybe they are a little more steeped in Patriots lore. I certainly didn't think they gave the Eagles the short shrift. The only time I thought Collinsworth was over the top, was when the Eagles went for it on the goal-line on 4th & 1. The pass to Foles. He went on and on about how dangerous a chance it was, and how it could cost the Eagles the game, if they failed. "You can't give Brady the ball back, right before the half!" What was dumb about that, was that whether the Eagles scored or not, the Patriots were going to get the ball back before the half. In some ways, if they had failed to score, giving the Pats the ball back with 98 yards to go, was a better scenario than kicing it back to them. As gutsy as the call to go for it was, I think Collinsworth overstated the risks, quite a bit. To me, the choice of play that the Eagles went with was more gutsy than the choice to go for it. Edited February 6, 2018 by Buftex
FappyTheClown Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 If I didn't know his history I would have never guessed him as a former NFL player.
LABILLBACKER Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 11:49 PM, sullim4 said: The reason I dislike Collinsworth is that he drags out the same one-liners again and again rather than analyzing the play and describing exactly what went right/wrong. Telling me that Tom Brady is a great player 20 different ways doesn't add to the game. Tell me why play X was called against Y defense - what did they see in the game film? Call out the coach on challenges and time management. I feel like the color commentator's role has evolved to the point where it just hypes the league's personalities. What do people like Collinsworth, Solomon Wilcots, Dan Fouts, and Trent Green really add to the game? All they do is tell us "that was a great play", "Fitz went to Harvard", etc. This is why Romo was greeted with such praise - he actually studied the tape and used his professional experience to break down the game. He's the only one doing his job at this point. I agree. Romo is amazing. Collinsworth's incessive rant about Ertz's catch might as well have ended his "color" career. Not even Al Michael's can save him.
Captain Murica Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Between he and Joe Buck I'm not sure which one makes want to stab my ears drums repeatedly with Tom Brady's mouth piece quicker. 1
Kelly the Dog Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 3 hours ago, row_33 said: inertia The replay decisions have been so inconsistent that there is no way you could be certain what they would do It seems righteous after the final decision and your incredible bias against the Pats (don't blame you) though, doesn't it? I think a lot of calls the Pats get rightfully they should get. I also think they get way, way more than the benefit of the doubt as well. I'm not at all a homer when it comes to bad calls. I think and say here when I think a call against the Bills was the right call all the time. On that particular play, from the final replay they showed, from the sideline, Ertz grabbed the ball at the six yard line. He didn't bobble it the entire way to the endzone. He had clear possession, made football moves, ran a few yards, and then clearly dove. He lost it well after he proved possession. If he had caught it at the three and then did what he did there may have been a good argument and the Jesse James play might come into affect. But he didn't. He caught it at the six and had clear possession, which is what they ruled.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 Has anyone yet said anything about the repeated mention and definition of the Run Play Option now known as the RPO? (mimicking AM or CC) 1st and goal and the RPO failed us...
Kelly the Dog Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Has anyone yet said anything about the repeated mention and definition of the Run Play Option now known as the RPO? (mimicking AM or CC) 1st and goal and the RPO failed us... Except the Bills play wasn't an RPO.
BuffaloHokie13 Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said: 1st and goal and the RPO failed us... The only thing that failed there was the WR getting called for a pushoff.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 12 minutes ago, Kelly the Dog said: Except the Bills play wasn't an RPO. 11 minutes ago, BuffaloHokie13 said: The only thing that failed there was the WR getting called for a pushoff. who should I believe???
Kelly the Dog Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: who should I believe??? The RPOs the Eagles were running and the ones being discussed and you were referring to, were post-snap RPOs and not pre-snap RPOs, which is what the Bills ran. Similar concept but different animal.
Fixxxer Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 https://www.change.org/p/nbc-tell-nbc-to-fire-chris-collinsworth change.org needs your vote...... 1
GunnerBill Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 I actually like Michaels and Collinsworth.... but they were brutal on Sunday.
Luka Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 He's always been my least favorite announcer. And just when I thought there was no way I could think any less of him, he has his little Patriots homer fit and calls a catch and run for a touchdown an incomplete pass. The guy is an absolute joke.
Albwan Posted February 6, 2018 Posted February 6, 2018 I had to turn down the sound, couldn't take him for another minute, and al just seems old. But ya chris is awful to listen to that noise burned my ears.
Turk71 Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 23 minutes ago, Albwan said: I had to turn down the sound, couldn't take him for another minute, and al just seems old. But ya chris is awful to listen to that noise burned my ears. I had the sound turned off just minutes into the game. His voice is unbearable and has been for a while.
Paul Costa Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/5/2018 at 8:21 AM, teef said: michaels was a little all over the place too. at one point he made he made the comment that patricia was going to be the head coach of the pistons. Both of these Dbags sounded like they had money on the Patriots. Not cool to have announcers that aren’t objective!! Patriots radio guys couldn’t have been much worse
Gugny Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 I just re-watched the game with no distractions or interruptions. Collinsworth has never been one of my favorites. Over the years, I will say that he's grown on me. I find his voice mildly annoying, but I do think he does a good job, generally speaking. With regard to this Super Bowl, I actually found that he was very pro-Philly. Especially pro-Pederson. Sure, he gave Brady credit, but he threw for 500 yards for Christ's sakes, not to mention he's the best QB of all time. I think he complimented Foles FAR more than he did Brady. In fact, I don't recall him saying a bad word about Foles, but I do remember him commenting on how Brady was missing multiple passes in the first half. I didn't hear anything that would be "embarrassing," as many have said in this thread. I think he called a great game. The Brady hatred from many Bills fans has distorted reality for those fans. Collinsworth was far more pro-Philly than pro-NE throughout the entire game.
GunnerBill Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Gugny said: The Brady hatred from many Bills fans has distorted reality for those fans. Collinsworth was far more pro-Philly than pro-NE throughout the entire game. I think this is true. Hating on an announcer on a network that gets no help from a rules analyst for being confused on the catch / no catch rules is harsh for me. I didn't think the announcers, who are usually my favourote pair of the big network guys, had a good game Sunday but being confused on the Ertz play I don't blame them. I had no idea how the NFL was going to call that.
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