Monday Night Football's New Announcers..like'em or not?

loved jaws and gruden.......except for gruden saying todd light for 3 / 4 of the game instead of matt light.....he knows his stuff. i am neutral on tirico.

mike and mike was terrible. mike greenberg is pathetic. i hate listening to him talk, he sucks, his voice is squeaky, hes god awful imo.

mike golic sounds like hes eating as he talks....but atleast he played and knows his stuff. steve young i never liked, but i dont mind him on mnf.

I like Gruden a lot, to bad he wont be there long, as i see next year him back in coaching

Like the Gruden addition quite a bit. He and Jaws will definately raise the level of that crew.
Can't stand Tirico

Anything, and I mean anything would be an improvement over Tony Kornheiser. A trained chimp would be an improvement!

In all seriousness, I like Jaws. Although, he can be a bit much at times (as he was showing his man love of Tammy Brady last night). Tirico is OK. I've heard better, I've heard worse. And, Gruden does well for a rookie color man, I think. Thought is was kinda funny when he and Jaws disagreed on what the coverage was on a play in the Patsies/Bills game. Jaws said is was man, and Gruden immediately called it zone. Couldn't tell which one was right, but I picked up on the disagreement. Honestly, just I don't understand the need for three guys in a booth though. Two man teams are fine IMO. I like the new SNF tandem of Collinsworth and Michaels.

"SICK wrote:

loved jaws and gruden.......except for gruden saying todd light for 3 / 4 of the game instead of matt light.....he knows his stuff. i am neutral on tirico.

mike and mike was terrible. mike greenberg is pathetic. i hate listening to him talk, he sucks, his voice is squeaky, hes god awful imo.

mike golic sounds like hes eating as he talks....but atleast he played and knows his stuff. steve young i never liked, but i dont mind him on mnf.

Well, I wouldn't call Greenie pathetic, I liked that he was not really a jock and was more of a fan/announcer and both Mikes were neutral on the teams, if I had one complaint about the lead announcing crew is they sucked up to the Patriots the entire game.

Greenie's squeaky voice was the antithesis of the typical polished football announcer guy.

the backup crew of Greenberg and Golic with Young were aweful. It sounded like a local high school crew. Golic was okay, but the other two were really really bad.

Gruden is great, he's not always correct, but he's great.

I actually liked Mike and Mike's announcing the game. Maybe it is because I like M&M in the morning. But I really enjoyed the neutrality and the actual football conversation and analysis was very good.

All in all, I thought both crews were solid and the football IQ has improved tremendously with no Kornheiser.

"padre31 wrote:

Well, I wouldn't call Greenie pathetic, I liked that he was not really a jock and was more of a fan/announcer and both Mikes were neutral on the teams, if I had one complaint about the lead announcing crew is they sucked up to the Patriots the entire game.

Greenie's squeaky voice was the antithesis of the typical polished football announcer guy.

I don't think Gruden sucked up to the Pats... it actually sounded at times like he had money on the Bills, he really liked what their defense was doing until the end of course. Loved Corner and McGee.

I agree with pretty much everyone. Guys like Gruden, Jaws, even Greeny and Golic are obviously passionate about the game and that translates into a natural sense of excitement when watching them.

Tirico is a corporate stooge. He spent most of the game calling them "Brady and the Pats." It's clear he works for ESPNBoston.

Young I'm apathetic towards. He isn't nearly the analyst that Jaws is, and gets lazy when not talking about the QB position.

I'd take the rest pretty much any game of the week, especially Gruden and Jaws. They did a great job of pointing out the little things last night.

I like the new crew. Gruden and Jaws bring a ton of football knowledge and are entertaining to listen to.

I also liked Mike and Mike. I liked their energy although Young isn't my favorite guy to listen to.

I felt like we were in for great things when they announced the MNF crew months ago. They haven't disappointed. Jaws and Gruden are great in there. Tirico isn't my favorite, but he's not bad either. To me, the color guys are what's most important. And those two are excellent.

The Sunday night games are better too with Collinsworth and Michaels. The Thursday night games should be good too, with Bob Papa and Matt Millen. Papa is very good (football and boxing) and Matt Millen is a great color guy.

The national games certainly upgraded this year.

"Muck wrote:

I felt like we were in for great things when they announced the MNF crew months ago. They haven't disappointed. Jaws and Gruden are great in there. Tirico isn't my favorite, but he's not bad either. To me, the color guys are what's most important. And those two are excellent.

The Sunday night games are better too with Collinsworth and Michaels. The Thursday night games should be good too, with Bob Papa and Matt Millen. Papa is very good (football and boxing) and Matt Millen is a great color guy.

The national games certainly upgraded this year.

finally.

Funny, when I drove to work this morning, SIRIUS NFL Radio's Schein and Rich Gannon were bashing the second crew from last night (mike, mike and steve). Basically saying that ESPN has a bunch of good crews they could have used for the game, with plenty of college football experience. I like it when they bash ESPN. It's essentially NFL network (Sirius NFL Radio) vs ESPN. Although I like Schefter and I'm disappointed he's now with ESPN.

Gruden is better than Cornhole. Nuff said.

Wow ... I don't know what transmission I was listening to, but I thought the main MNF crew last night was abysmal. They were missing calls all over the place and making repeated errors. I didn't watch the second game.

The Sunday Night Football broadcast, meanwhile, has improved drastically with the pairing of Michaels and Collinsworth. I think Collinsworth is a smug SOB, but his insight and analysis are very keen.

mike and mike was terrible. mike greenberg is pathetic. i hate listening to him talk, he sucks, his voice is squeaky, hes god awful imo.

Greenie was killing me too

Jaws and Gruden are the best pairing I've seen in some time....Tirico was like Nitrogen, pretty much inert

"GISH wrote:

Gruden is better than Cornhole. Nuff said.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Replacing Kornholer with Gruden is like trading a Yugo for a Ferrari.

Gruden has found his calling, and he'd do well to cultivate it and get really good at it.

I liked Jaws and Gruden just fine. They know what they're talking about; lots of knowledge and insight. My one knock on Gruden though was that, at times, he got a little carried away with the superlatives. At times he kind of reminded me of Theismann with them. Hopefully he finds some middle ground and settles in.
I'm okay with Mike and Mike. I like their morning radio show. I know Greenburg is a Jets homer, but he's much more tolerable as the "voice of the fan" than some have been.

Although I like Schefter and I'm disappointed he's now with ESPN.

They swapped him for Thiesman.