Is it my imagination but has Cris Collinsworth improved this season?

[Saxum]

Clearly new team producer eliminated the constant references to PFF but not know if reason was PFF stopped giving kickbacks or there was enough of a rating drop Collingsworth was told to stop it.

 

In playoff game he gave a number of intelligent observations (may be feed from producer's staff) and did not bring up once any comparisons with T*m Br*dy.

It might be that Mike Tirico (one of the best broadcasters) is a better partner for him than Al Michaels was resulting him less making up stuff to fill space.

Edited January 16, 2023 by Limeaid

[Nextmanup]

No "g" in his last name.

 

He sounds about the same to me.  But I'm not one of his many haters here.

 

 

[John from Riverside]

I don’t know, but Tony Romo has gotten worse. It’s getting to the point where I really don’t like him doing the broadcast for our games. He talks too damn much you’re trying to focus on the game and he’s sitting there. Just yep yep yep

[GunnerBill]

Collinsworth has bene the best color guy going for about a decade, maybe minus Romo's rookie year with CBS before they turned him into Phil Simms 2.0. 

 

The hate he gets on here has never been justified. He says good teams and good players are good. Oh the horror!

[BananaB]

Listening to Romo too long. I was thinking the same thing last night watching the game

[DuckyBoys]

1 hour ago, John from Riverside said:

I don’t know, but Tony Romo has gotten worse. It’s getting to the point where I really don’t like him doing the broadcast for our games. He talks too damn much you’re trying to focus on the game and he’s sitting there. Just yep yep yep

bingo  Sometimes a few seconds of silence is golden

[Spiderweb]

2 hours ago, BananaB said:

Listening to Romo too long. I was thinking the same thing last night watching the game.

 

Same here. I must have yelled out out a dozen times, "Romo just shut up"!!!

[Low Positive]

Last night was an interesting case for Collinsworth. He played for the Bengals, lives in Cincinnati and is around the team all the time. I think he did a professional job of analyzing the game and not being a homer. But I’m sure Ravens fans don’t agree. 

[US Egg]

Collinsworth is no more annoying than the rest of his ilk.

[Playoffs?]

I don’t mind Collinsworth (unless he’s fluffing Mahomes excessively) and I don’t mind Romo. 
 

I appear to be in the minority. 

[babulator]

Collinsworth is annoying because he doesn't put in the time. He's just gonna regurgitate the national talking points with no added insight on the matter. 

 

Romo has just become brutal. His 1st year was great, but now he's just rambling to fill time. We get none of that 1st year insight he was offering before. Just rambling garbage all the time. For all the complaints about CC, I cant recall him bothering me nearly as much as Romo does now. Honestly, anyone BUT Romo at this point, he's awful.

[dave mcbride]

5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Collinsworth has bene the best color guy going for about a decade, maybe minus Romo's rookie year with CBS before they turned him into Phil Simms 2.0. 

 

The hate he gets on here has never been justified. He says good teams and good players are good. Oh the horror!

I have always disliked him because of his delivery (it’s an aesthetic thing for me), but I will confess that he’s been good this year.

[FireChans]

5 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

I don’t know, but Tony Romo has gotten worse. It’s getting to the point where I really don’t like him doing the broadcast for our games. He talks too damn much you’re trying to focus on the game and he’s sitting there. Just yep yep yep

eh I don't know Jim!

5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Collinsworth has bene the best color guy going for about a decade, maybe minus Romo's rookie year with CBS before they turned him into Phil Simms 2.0. 

 

The hate he gets on here has never been justified. He says good teams and good players are good. Oh the horror!

He has football guy voice. 

[SoCal Deek]

Here’s the Collinsworth formula: Wait for the play to end and then make a positive comment about whoever did whatever on the play. Next play, do the same thing. It’s extremely predictable and lazy television. 

[K-9]

I can take him or leave him. Same goes for every color analyst out there. At this stage of my age and football experience, there is little to nothing that the Collinsworths and Romos of the world can add to my understanding of the game. What I can’t stand though, is the weather vane narratives throughout the broadcast. 

[Franco_92]

I've hit a point where no matter how loud the TV is I don't hear what announcers and commentators are saying. 

[BarleyNY]

Collinsworth is capable of being a great color guy. Back when he started he wasn’t very good, but it seemed like he worked on his craft and got to be very insightful and enjoyable. And then he fell off a cliff into what we typically see. It has happened with Romo and others too. I think the dumbing down is intentional by the networks/league. Basically an effort to not talk over the heads of casual fans.

 

I’d love to have an alternate broadcast that was much more technical. 

[Marcus Aurelius]

 

Umm ...

[B-Man]

 

 

Is it my imagination but has Cris Collinsworth improved this season?

 

 

 

No.

 

 

No he has not.

 

 

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[Chicken Boo]

I like Collinsworth.  Always have.