EmotionallyUnstable Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 I guess I’ve never paid any attention to it before. Here a few things he said that bugged me: -Called Josh Bellamy John Brown and went on a 30 second rant about how “Smoke Brown” would be good for the Jets (both #15 to be fair) -Said the Bills have spent a lot of money on their DL since McD has been there. Not true. They’ve extended Hughes, signed Murphy to a reasonable deal, DECLINED a 5th year option on a player who was great today at DE, and drafted a 1st round talent. -Criticized Allen for the pick 6 when I don’t think it was really on him as much as it was on Beasley. - couldn’t get off LeVeon Bell’s jock, even when the game had clearly moved into new territory. I appreciate discussing free agent moves and how that effects the game but we have a whole offseason for that. - Finally, there was a failed jailbreak screen to Zay Jones where Robert Foster CLEARY blocked the wrong guy and he didn’t even analyze the play, just called it a bad play call All in all, I just really can’t stand the national broadcast being inept to provide me a good service for watching the games. Idc if you are a HOF QB, Id rather a guy who is invested in the roster and the game, and can comment of what is actually happening on the field. Am am I being unrealistic in my expectations? P.S. I like Kevin Harlan. 5
Bob in STL Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Gannon is nothing special. Romo is very good. 1
CaptnCoke11 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Gannon obviously didn’t do his homework on the Bills. Just another example of media give two farts about our team.
bills11 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) John brown the Jets wr they call him smoke "..Gannon Is terrible Edited September 9, 2019 by bills11 1
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 These guys get a pre-game narrative in their head and won’t deviate from it. case in point was Bell— they were going to say he had a great game regardless. So then they kept skewing his stats all game to justify their point (eg, showing his “combined” yards instead of rushing). In truth, Bell was okay, but not as good as Singletary. 2 2
Dadonkadonk Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Agree Gannon was terrible But, the Bills have paid Star, Murphy, Hughes, J. Phillips and invested picks in Oliver and H. Phillips. That is a ton of cash and picks on the DL. 2 1
EmotionallyUnstable Posted September 8, 2019 Author Posted September 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said: Gannon obviously didn’t do his homework on the Bills. Just another example of media give two farts about our team. See like this is the problem. You don’t have to be a beat writer to know the ins and outs of the team. I feel like I could cover 10-12 teams tomorrow and probably relatively knowledgeable about their staff, players, administration, etc. This guy does it for a living, and has a whole host of spotters and a media team helping him with stats/commentary. Give me a guy who’s just a bum in his basement breaking down film and being honest. I’d pay for that commentary. Just pay attention a little bit! 1
SoCal Deek Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Gannon must not have studied ONE MINUTE for that game. Talk about mailing it in. Sheeesh 2
Numark3 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, EmotionallyUnstable said: -Said the Bills have spent a lot of money on their DL since McD has been there. Not true. They’ve extended Hughes, signed Murphy to a reasonable deal, DECLINED a 5th year option on a player who was great today at DE, and drafted a 1st round talent. That one is true, otherwise I agree with you. Star and Murphy have two of the four biggest cap hits on the team, and they extended Hughes to a big contract. So three of the four biggest cap hits are on the DL. That's spending big money. But yea, I agree with you 100%. He just makes a ton of mistakes Edited September 8, 2019 by Crayola64 2
Franco_92 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Burst out laughing when i realized he was describing John Brown, and then at the way the announcer calmly corrected it before moving on, first letting him ramble for 30 seconds 3
EmotionallyUnstable Posted September 8, 2019 Author Posted September 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dadonkadonk said: Agree Gannon was terrible But, the Bills have paid Star, Murphy, Hughes, J. Phillips and invested picks in Oliver and H. Phillips. That is a ton of cash and picks on the DL. Sure you can make that argument because it’s on paper and an easy one. It’s obvious to someone not in tune with the franchise. Is that the story of this team? No way. We’re still in the hunt for pass rush help and are likely looking to invest at the DE position next offseason. But they cling to something like that because it’s in the numbers. How about the commentary on any of the following: -Edmunds growth -Lorax playing DT and rushing the passer -Shaq Lawson’s declined 5th year option -an undrafted second year corner in wallace -Taron johnson who had an up and down game -Ed Oliver?!?!? thats just the defense
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said: Gannon must not have studied ONE MINUTE for that game. Talk about mailing it in. Sheeesh Yeah for a QB he doesn't seem to be putting the work in does he?
Matt_In_NH Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 He is among the worst. I like Harlan though 2
DrDonut Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Wasn't there some stat about Marshall Faulk and another RB getting 1000 yds rushing and receiving, and saying that Bell had a chance for that this year? Didn't Thurman do that 3 seasons in a row? Where are the props for that?!?!?!? 1
dgrochester55 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Yeah, but did you know that LeVeon Bell did not play for over 600 days? That was almost as bad as the Steelers/Seahawks super bowl where it felt like the announcers were getting commission for every time they said that Jerome Bettis's hometown was Detroit. Edited September 8, 2019 by dgrochester55 1
MJS Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 He was not good today, but I don't really care much about that.
Malazan Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Rich Gannon, the broadcaster, is Rich Gannon, the QB, of broadcasters.
sistersarah Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Sometimes I wonder if broadcast folks even look at game film. It seems as if they just look at someone else's notes and just take off from there.
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