Comments on: A Monday Night Football poll you won’t see on ESPN.com

By: gibbskins9

gibbskins9 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:29:21 +0000

Jaworski is the fall guy when the real issue is how inept Tirico is as the play by play guy. This guy should lose his job he is HORRIBLE

By: bjtmeyer

bjtmeyer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:01:26 +0000

I know most of you don’t like today’s announcers compared to announcers in the past, but you have to admit that Al Michaels is probably the best today that we have. SNF blows MNF out of the water. I dont know where to rank TNF because I can’t afford the NFL network.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:13:18 +0000

Gruden’s thinking: Please Dear God!!!……Don’t let Charles start strokin it here next to me on National TV!!!

By: jrspike

jrspike — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:09:17 +0000

Jaws was screwed

By: TD Hawk

TD Hawk — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:48:51 +0000

I cannot imagine Tirico is happy to be stuck in the booth by himself with Gruden. For example, Tirico seems to have actually read the rule book, proves on-air he knows more about that than the former coach who inherited a Super Bowl team.

By: fmwarner

fmwarner — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:45:23 +0000

Choosing between Jaws and Gruden and keeping Gruden is like keeping Garfunkel or Messina or Oates.

By: ryantholdeman

ryantholdeman — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:07:11 +0000

ESPN is doing such a tremendous job delivering knowledgeable insightful commentary these days. Particularly around QBs and the passing game. I’ve generally been impressed that they make that insight accessible to the common fan, however, reading the overly dramatic negative comments here, I’m starting to think they aren’t connecting with the common fan who doesn’t actually know much about football. Jaws is a football/QB nerd and I’ll miss my MNF viewing benefitting from his nerdiness.

By: raiders757

raiders757 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:46:15 +0000

hardpeaches says: Feb 17, 2012 1:38 PM

I’m sorry but has everyone at PFT not watched a MNF game the past few years?

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Why bother? The match-ups stink, and ESPN blows. MNF was ruined the second it went to ESPN, so there’s no reason to watch it unless your favorite team happens to be playing in the game.

By: pecosbob

pecosbob — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:45:43 +0000

Can we exhume Howard Cosell? He’d be better dead than Jaworski or Gruden or Dennis Miller, ad infinitum. I usually find I have to turn the sound down and listen to a radio broadcast of the game. At least on radio the announcer is forced to talk about the game once in a while…

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:41:04 +0000

Because football is so popular, broadcasters have a captive audience and we’re stuck with what they give us. I’d love to say I’ll stop watching now that it will be all Gruden. But I won’t. He often makes me want to drive an ice pick into my ears … but on Monday nights, ESPN is the only game in town. On the bright side … anything, anything is better than Tony Kornheiser.

By: raiders757

raiders757 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:38:37 +0000

Where’s the option for “should the NFL pull MNF from BSPN, and disallow them to broadcast anything NFL, including game highlights”? I’ll vote for that option in a heartbeat.

By: larrydavid7000

larrydavid7000 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:42:45 +0000

I’ll take Jack Buck and Hank Stram any day those guys can call a game.Today’s play by play and analyst SUCKS.!!!!!!!!!

By: steelerhypocrite

steelerhypocrite — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:40:15 +0000

1 vote for Rae Carruth…

By: satanphoenix

satanphoenix — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:14:06 +0000

You missed the “bring back Paul Maguire” option

By: themonster49

themonster49 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:07:31 +0000

Caption for the picture:

“Oh no he’s touching me again.”

Probably just bad picture timing, but that looks like a painful smile.

By: enilsson2

enilsson2 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:06:11 +0000

Yes, I agree. And, they also should have canned Gruden! How come that wasn’t an option?

That ESPN crew is unbearable. The funny thing is that the NFL has such a great product that there is no usable marketing data. People will watch this (as I do) no matter who’s talking over it.

By: Nevis

Nevis — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:03:48 +0000

I am flabbergasted that so many people actually lement this move.

Jaws is bland, un-charismatic, and rarely offered any analysis worth noting.

MNF has been a sinking ship ever since ESPN took it over.

By: latrobe21

latrobe21 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:58:40 +0000

Too bad all you young bucks never had the pleasure of hearing Ray Scott broadcast a game, particularly a Packers/Cowboys or LA Rams/Packers playoff game. You would understand what a true professional broadcaster is.

By: fwippel

fwippel — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:53:18 +0000

Will some team PULL-LLEASE hire Gruden so we don’t have to listen to him in the booth anymore?

By: timjahr

timjahr — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:50:41 +0000

Honestly, anything that’s not the old Theisman/3-man booth, or any booth with John Madden after about 1995 (when he stopped paying attention and just started repeating the same schtick for years) is good enough to be tolerable for me.

By: latrobe21

latrobe21 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:47:55 +0000

Caption should be “Is that all the bigger it is? Hahahahahahahahahah!”

By: klunge

klunge — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:46:14 +0000

Caption: “No, John Gruden! Please don’t make me do THAT again!”

By: coolheir

coolheir — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:41:12 +0000

Personally, I never felt Jaws and Gruden meshed well. Gruden’s strong personality and opinionated style completely over-shadowed Jaws’ presence in the booth in my opinion.
The only 3 man team I’ve ever liked was Gifford, Meredith and Cosell. Everyone since have been poor imitators.

By: whatnojets

whatnojets — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:39:41 +0000

Caption to read:

“Why didn’t you ever let me play for you? You know I love you!”

By: promickey

promickey — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:25:21 +0000

ESPN executives and producers obviously feel that Gruden is more entertaining than Jaws. I think Gruden knows more B. S. ESPN might want to explore two in the booth and a guest every Monday night.

By: PFTiswhatitis

PFTiswhatitis — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:19:30 +0000

Jaws is a blowhard. I’m glad he is out.

By: 44mpo

44mpo — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:15:04 +0000

I’m fine with whatever as long as I don’t have to see or hear a Gumbel on any NFL broadcast

X 10

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:10:38 +0000

why not bring back Joe? it could be worse,we could have to watch you on it!

By: east96st

east96st — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:01:19 +0000

How about “No announcers at all and live feed from players microphones” like we get with the NFL films “Mic’d up” series? I would take that over ANY announcing crew in heartbeat.

By: biglebronski

biglebronski — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:01:05 +0000

I’m fine with whatever as long as I don’t have to see or hear a Gumbel on any NFL broadcast.