Chip Dean was a great producer. Jay Rothman was absolutely outstanding. They wanted to be right and we think we delivered a great product. On the podcast, Jaworski did talk about the moment that he swore during a game back in between the Patriots and the Dolphins:. It was slightly embarrassing and at the time was very embarrassing. We went to a break and Jay Rothman says, Jaws, I think you swore. Jay says, you got to apologize. When we came out of the break, the camera was directly on me and I got Gruden and Tirico next to me and they were laughing.
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It may well have Cris' observation during preparation, but it wasn't spontaneous. They're all like this to varying degrees, but MNF is more unyielding than the others.
And yeah SNF is working hard to catch up. It looks like they've been trying to brand the franchise as a top-shelf product, same as MNF. Hence the tighter quality control. Speaking of which, they may succeed, as they have the "flex" option that MNF doesn't. I absolutely guarantee that ESPN has been working nonstop to figure out a way to get the same kind of deal. They dumped the wrong guy because Gruden is the one I can't stand.
That being said, having one of them gone I will at least know for sure who is speaking, because Jaws and Gruden's voices have always sounded very similar to me. And on an unrelated topic, does anybody else find it strange that Randy Moss' comeback hasn't made it on Extra Points? It's the big topic now, there's even a Patriots connection I just never get how they decide what to post.
Ricky Williams retiring makes it, but Moss doesn't? I don't find it strange because it's all speculative right now. Except Ricky's retirement was also speculative when they posted it. And they recently posted an article speculating on the top 50 free agents--a list which Moss most certainly now is a part of. Their choice for EPs frequently make little sense. I think they get overworked and forget about it at times.
Because I was looking forward to seeing what the Pats people thought about Moss coming back. That's not pro football B. That merger was announced months ago. The site is not "Pro Football Outsiders".
College coverage is a significant part of the website's scope. I think they also tend to not post EPs that are getting a ton of coverage in the mainstream media. I'd still appreciate the chance to discuss the big stories with other FO posters, rather than blithering random-capitalising ESPN toolbags.
I realize most people won't care about the line coach, but there could have been a cumulative "Bears finish assembling staff" story. I think it's pretty odd that we haven't seen an extra point to an article comparing Linsanity to Tebowmania. The amount of Linsanity media overage is unbelievable. Lin even has his own tab on ESPN's crawl. Since I posted that, a Lin story with Lin-Tebow comparison elements has made the front page of the Daily Telegraph website.
Go figure. I know nothing about basketball, but am I right in thinking that the key difference is that Lin appears to be actually really good? Yes Lin good. Tebos sloppy. Lin need to cut down on turnovers but not a hige oroblen becausse tema still winning and turnovers not major concern. Do not od Facebook but have twittr. Last football twit was Janiary 29 maybe. Do not go on it a lot.
I didn't explain who he is for the benefit of the many non-U. The fact that he is really good is one of the big differences between him and Tebow. While many fans didn't and still don't think Tebow can succeed as an NFL quarterback, every NFL fan knew who he was years before he was drafted, as he had an incredibly successful and award winning career at a college football powerhouse. Thanks for that. So essentially he's not really Tebow at all - he's Chinese Harvard basketball Kurt Warner, in a major media market?
He didn't pay his dues in the Hinterland like Kurt Warner, and he's young, but otherwise spot on. Much better comparison than Tebow. If this had happened in November, like it would in a normal year, no one outside of NBA junkies would have heard of him.
He's not as good as Warner, but he is the driving force in turning a losing team into a winning team. Maybe like Antonio Gates? Arian Foster? Actually a better comparison is probably Tom Brady, who came more or less out of nowhere to have a major impact on his team's success but was not really an elite player for the first few years of his career.
Arian Foster: great player, but definitely not the driving force in turning a losing team into a winning team - the Texans were in his rookie season, which he spent almost entirely on the practice squad, and fell to the next year, even as Foster led the league in rushing, yards from scrimmage, touchdowns etc. Yeah it's hard to make a football comparison because in football it is basically impossible for 1 player to have a major impact on wins a losses without being an MVP candidate.
Basketball is totally different because each individual player has a much larger role. It's also hard to compare Lin's career to this point with guys who established themselves one way or another over the course of years. He could be Kurt Warner whose beginnings are comparable or Clint Longley; we may not know for years. He blew up in NYC, for a team who has been point guard-deficient for decades, and in front of fans who absolutely revere point guards. And Yao Ming already dimissed the notion that Asians can't play basketball.
I also find it amusing that people are suggesting Lin will cause a surge in popularity for the NBA in China. First, ever heard of Yao Ming?
Second, anyone who is paying attention will know that basketball is already immensely popular in China. Third, Lin isn't even Chinese, he's an American-born child of Taiwanese immigrants. The majority of people of Taiwanese nationality belong to a Chinese ethnic group. That's long been a misnomer. While the Ivy League doesn't award true athletic scholarships anymore there were some of the first to start doing it, though , every Ivy has a sufficiently large endowment that in practice any income-deficient student can attend for free, for any reason.
They absolutely have athletic scholarships; they just call them something different. Since I've been posting some XPs lately, I'll share my thinking There should be at least one XP every weekday. If there's not an XP that day and there's an XP-worthy story, I'll put something up that might generate discussion, like the Prisco free agents article.
Ricky Williams retirement wasn't official when I posted it, but it still passed my credibility filter and he made it official later that day. I don't really want to devote too much time to XP'ing things. One a day is fine, unless there's a story that needs to be XP'ed Routt release fit this for me.
There were an awful lot of relatively high-profile hires the first couple weeks of the offseason that we didn't XP. Good thing to XP if there's nothing available, but not necessary, and not worth XP'ing after the fact. I haven't XP'ed Moss because I think he wants to play football in just as much as he wanted to play in for the right team, and for the right salary. If somebody signs him, I'd XP that. Personally, I think he's done as a player and have since ended.
Why would you hate Dilfer? I really need an analyst to tell me that a QB has to manage 3rd downs, play well in the 4th quarter, and be a leader to the team. I would watch it if they brought Tony Realli in as a third man scoring the commentary ATH style, with liberal use of the mute button for inane commentary. Miller was hysterically funny. Problem was critics decided they hated it before he even had done his first game.
Add bandwagon syndrome and the occasional joke that goes over the head of the bulk of his audience and he was doomed before he ever got started. Football fans enjoyed Miller's commentary the way animal rights activists embraced Erwin Schrodinger! I salute you. Dennis Miller was a crime against football that almost skated by on his ability to allow the smug to feel smug.
And then you have to play better than anyone else. Except that Harold abandons the hill. If he holds his ground and keeps letting The Bastard charge, he'll chew the Normans up and there's suddenly a very good chance the history of the western world is very different. Harold had a seriously under equipped and poorly fed army whereas William had made exacting preparations prior to setting sail.
The battle is remembered because it was a knockout blow or eyeout blow or whatever - the point is Harold was dead and dead men struggle to wear crowns. Harold died and England fell on that afternoon, if he hadn't, it would almost certainly still have fallen. The fact is, Jaworski and Gruden started to sound too much alike last season, playing the exact same role in the telecast.
It will be interesting to see how Gruden survives being the only analyst in the booth. He is very good when he is breaking down each play. He's dreadful when he's lauding the quality and ability of those making the plays. Will Gruden shine without the shackles of having to share a booth or will he get exposed without another voice sharing the load? ESPN is counting on one thing: We will all be watching to find out.
How long before we all hit the mute button remains to be seen. Enjoy our content? He was great to work with. But it is hard. There is a lot of traffic, and everyone has a lot to say. I think Jon will be phenomenal on the two-man booth, and Mike is the best in the business.
Mike is still my mentor, and I believe they will do a terrific job. Jaworski called "Monday Night Football" games the past five seasons. Jaws Jaworski has taught me so much about broadcasting and nobody works harder.
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