Comments on: Eisen graduates from Total Access

By: dragyn44

dragyn44 — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:57:56 +0000

Eisen is a huge loss. I hope they pluck someone from ESPN worth something. I would love to see “Stink” get a chance on NFLN.

By: paulieorkid

paulieorkid — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:01:54 +0000

@ 1phd:

Great takes – especially nailing the Charles Davis call. Love that dude.

Agree with damn near all of it – though I love Faulk’s attitude, and think he’s a real gem.

Also, sure – Mike Irvin may not always speak in the Queen’s English, but he’s passionate, extremely likeable (IMO) and just a lot of fun. Not a Cowboy homer (hate the Cowboys), but really like Irvin’s spunk, spirit and playfulness.

As for which NFLN commentators I don’t like – none of them are nauseating …. like a lot of the talking heads ESPN props (or has propped) out there: Theismann, Salisbury, Berman, etc. Just brutal — whomever ever is head of H.R. (i.e., casting in that industry) needs to go.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:16:23 +0000

@1phd …

Pretty good analysis. Great take on Faulk and Irvin.

By: 1phd

1phd — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:10:25 +0000

Just for the record, here, imho are the best announcers at NFL network: Eisen, Charles Davis (probably the best of everyone), Mike Mayock, Marshall Faulk (though he needs to show a little more humility and a little less I know everything attitude) Kurt Warner (you have it Kurt), Brian Baldinger (can’t keep my eyes off his warped fingers LOL), Steve Mariucci. Most of the other guys are marginal including Deon Sanders, Jamie Dukes, Warren Sapp, Darren Horten, Fran Charles, all the women, Michael Irvin (wtf did he say?). Is this so difficult to ascertain?

By: axespray

axespray — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:39:15 +0000

NFL Network needs to re-air more “Classic Games” tbh.

Can’t be any worse than pulling a ESPN and re-running the same 1 hour of sportscenter … over and over and over.

I love that NFL Replay they got as well..

kinda suprised the NFL haven’t released a ton of dvds like “Best Games of 2010″ , “best Superbowls!” and what not, you see a million WWE dvds at wal mart, wouldn’t mind seeing more “Classic NFL games” dvds at stores.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:18:36 +0000

When did they start hiring 12-year-olds to moderate? Unbelievable. And sad.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:17:00 +0000

Wish NFLN would run NCAA football news. It’s as logical as running CFL games. Then I’d only have to watch ESPN for Monday or college games.

By: vietnambob2473

vietnambob2473 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:48:27 +0000

I can’t watch Jamie Dukes unless Michael Lombardi is on the with him. The way the two of them bicker is hilarious because Dukes acts like he knows it all and Lombardi looks like he wants to slap him.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:30:45 +0000

Nooooooo. Sniff. Please tell me he’ll still anchor the Combine coverage. It wouldn’t be the same without his run at the end.

Love Eisen the way I once loved the ESPN team back in the day before they became intolerable. Perhaps they could lure Stuart Scott–he’s the only ESPN guy I still enjoy. And they need a professional broadcaster to balance the ex players.

By: billsfan11xc

billsfan11xc — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:27:49 +0000

Bring in Dan Patrick.

By: seeschool

seeschool — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:08:21 +0000

“Jamie Dukes is the worst football person on TV. The. Absolute. Worst. And that includes idiots like Joe Theismann. No small feat.”

I have never heard Jamie Dukes say anything of substance…..ever.

They have too many “personality” analysts for my sake, and they all suffer from diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain.

Eisen and Mayock are HUGE losses. I’ll tune in occasionally to see what they’re doing for replacements, but if they run with people like Jamie Dukes I will never watch the show again.

By: rayricerushingravensruhroh

rayricerushingravensruhroh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:49:41 +0000

He better still run the 40 at the combine

By: darthhitman

darthhitman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:48:35 +0000

mac3333 says: Aug 29, 2011 9:31 AM

“Does anyone else notice that his speech is slowing down and he seems more depressed?”

He’s a “Michigan Man”. I would be depressed too if I were an alum of that clown college.

Says the guy who would kill to have gone to ANY college. Bet ya went to THE Ohio State Community College huh? SAY…I hear they play their players rather well over there…

By: andydufresne8

andydufresne8 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:45:00 +0000

Stacey Dales would be a great remplacant .

By: Kaz

Kaz — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:37:59 +0000

Total Access Monday-Friday no longer a must see. Eisen was the best thing about the show, even though he’s been faded out recently anyway. At least he’s on on Sundays.

By: halo81

halo81 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:17:56 +0000

I can honestly say I haven’t watched ESPN for anything outside of a football game in nearly over five years.

NFL Network had become home and Eisen was the key.

NFL Network is now out of my viewing package too.

Frankly, these channels are really making me wonder why I pay for extra cable channels.

By: sterling7

sterling7 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:15:37 +0000

People I enjoy most on NFL Network, Rich Eisen, Mike Mayock, Brian Baldinger. I personally have no problem with Darren Horton, Fran Charles and Charles Davis as emcees (hosts)-people who really know what they’re talking about and can speak without the street vernacular. However the rest need to find another job, I don’t feel like taking 20 minutes to write down all the names but it starts with Jamie Dukes, Warren Sapp, Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin etc. My plea to the NFL Network is please try to acquire some “professionals” and less with the ex-football goof offs. By the way-was the fact that Rich Eisen always having work with and listen to the inane dribble of Jamie Dukes and Warren Sapp have anything to do with him leaving?

By: egiger

egiger — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:11:51 +0000

Eisen was great on NFL Total Access. I wish he was still going to be on the show.

Also:

mac3333 says:
Aug 29, 2011 9:31 AM
“Does anyone else notice that his speech is slowing down and he seems more depressed?”

He’s a “Michigan Man”. I would be depressed too if I were an alum of that clown college.

I’d bet $100 that mac3333 is your standard internet troll who barely (I mean barely) got his high school diploma.

By: jimr10

jimr10 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:07:53 +0000

Good bye total access. Now i have a good excuse to watch the Food Network. Better than Dukes and Sapp and Fran Charles. where did they find charles any way? And, did they have a casting call for the females? all but kara henderson are horrible.

By: depotnator

depotnator — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:06:21 +0000

Rich Eisen has seemed a little more confused and less informed recently. I have noticed the change in his demeanor. I wonder if he just got exhausted with the gig…I hope he doesn’t become another pompous Dan Patrick.

By: garyln7

garyln7 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:58:48 +0000

Good glad he is gone……a legend in his own mind

By: djrando7

djrando7 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:57:36 +0000

I cannot describe to anyone how bad Jamie Pukes is. He doesn’t know anything about the game, and his love fest for Jay Cutler is just terrible. BTW, who the hell is he anyway? I will ALWAYS turn the show off if he is on it. By far the WORST commentator in all of sports. I would rather get run over by a bus than have to be subject to watching him spew diarrhea out of his mouth all show long.

By: skinsnut

skinsnut — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:55:11 +0000

I like Jamie Dukes, I think he has improved much since the show began.

I don’t like Warren Sapp. He just doesn’t seem to provide the insight that Dukes does.

Dukes is less hype and more analysis than Sapp. I would never paint Dukes with eht same brush as Sapp.

By: litemater95

litemater95 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:49:22 +0000

I have Time Warner, so I do not have NFLN to

By: 1phd

1phd — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:47:40 +0000

My problem with NFL Network besides the promos that run over and over (guys here’s a professional concept – make multiple versions – doh!), is the endless parade of hosts on TA at the expense of good ones left off.

Willie McGinist over Kurt Warner? Please. They have way too many fumblin, stumblin exjocks on there. Get six good ones and stay with them. Taking Isen off is a bad idea too. A little Fran Charles goes a long way.

By: philahitman

philahitman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:45:40 +0000

I stopped watching total access anyway when Jamie Dukes started overtaking every single conversation while he talks down about players like he was Reggie White.

By: trbowman

trbowman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:43:20 +0000

Nooooooooooooooooooooo.

By: broncobeta

broncobeta — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:28:19 +0000

Anything that might give Jamie Dukes more air time is a horrible, horrible, thing.

By: whathappenedtovox

whathappenedtovox — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:17:43 +0000

15 years ago, if someone would have told me that there was going to be a station solely dedicated to the NFL, I would have been ecstatic. It has the potential to be so great, but often times, it’s completely unwatchable.

For all the greatness of what guys like Mike Mayock and Rich Eisen bring to the table, NFLN destroys their reputation by having guys like Jamie Dukes and Warren Sapp dominate their signature show, especially Dukes.

Jamie Dukes is the worst football person on TV. The. Absolute. Worst. And that includes idiots like Joe Theismann. No small feat.

By: flaccounibrow

flaccounibrow — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:13:23 +0000

Good. Now maybe I’ll watch the show. He is so smug, and has no insight what so ever. When the NFL announced that they would have a network, I thought I’d watch it nonstop, but his presence stopped that real quickly.