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1bigfan13 · May 23, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
Of course. And that's just dumb.

Agreed. Speaking of pre-game shows. NFL Network has gotten entirely too silly with their's as well. They're worse than ESPN, IMO.

Probably because they have about 5 hours of content to fill. They need to scale it back down to a 2 hour show like Countdown did.

Genghis Khan · May 23, 2016

1bigfan13 said:
Agreed. Speaking of pre-game shows. NFL Network has gotten entirely too silly with their's as well. They're worse than ESPN, IMO.

Probably because they have about 5 hours of content to fill. They need to scale it back down to a 2 hour show like Countdown did.

Maybe it's information overload with the internet now, but I remember growing up and couldn't get enough of the pregame shows. I hate them all now.

Cowboysrock55 · May 23, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
Maybe it's information overload with the internet now, but I remember growing up and couldn't get enough of the pregame shows. I hate them all now.

Yeah I was the same way and can't stand them now.

Genghis Khan · May 26, 2016

What do you think about this, Phil?

Rev · May 26, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
What do you think about this, Phil?

Cotton · May 26, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
What do you think about this, Phil?

BipolarFuk · May 26, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
Maybe it's information overload with the internet now, but I remember growing up and couldn't get enough of the pregame shows. I hate them all now.

Maybe it is all the ex players employed there now whooping it up like they just scored a TD or made a big play?

Genghis Khan · May 27, 2016

BipolarFan said:
Maybe it is all the ex players employed there now whooping it up like they just scored a TD or made a big play?

That probably has a lot to do with it. But I will say Berman is the worst of the whole lot and he's not a player.

1bigfan13 · May 27, 2016

BipolarFan said:
Maybe it is all the ex players employed there now whooping it up like they just scored a TD or made a big play?

I don't mind the actual analysis and opinions of the upcoming games but the excessive gimmick segments are nauseating. Instead of 5 hours of BS "mini-Mooch" and "U-Know It" type segments just give me 2 solid hours of analysis with a little wit thrown in.

I don't know.....maybe I've just turned into "get off my lawn guy" now that I'm 40. Maybe that stuffs a huge hit with the 30 and under crowd.

Smitty · May 27, 2016

I got an alert saying Berman is retiring after this season too. Man, everyone is on their way out.

Smitty · May 27, 2016

1bigfan13 said:
I don't mind the actual analysis and opinions of the upcoming games but the excessive gimmick segments are nauseating. Instead of 5 hours of BS "mini-Mooch" and "U-Know It" type segments just give me 2 solid hours of analysis with a little wit thrown in.

I don't know.....maybe I've just turned into "get off my lawn guy" now that I'm 40. Maybe that stuffs a huge hit with the 30 and under crowd.

Maybe, but I don't think it's age. I think they had a good thing when they were the only game in town to see highlights. Back then they were new and fresh and funny, and it wasn't easy to just go to a bar to see the game, so a show like NFL Primetime was your lifeline to the team.

These days they are way more irrelevant and they haven't evolved, so instead they sound dated.

boozeman · May 27, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
I got an alert saying Berman is retiring after this season too. Man, everyone is on their way out.

His agent says it is an unfounded rumor, unfortunately

Carl · May 27, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
Maybe, but I don't think it's age. I think they had a good thing when they were the only game in town to see highlights. Back then they were new and fresh and funny, and it wasn't easy to just go to a bar to see the game, so a show like NFL Primetime was your lifeline to the team.

These days they are way more irrelevant and they haven't evolved, so instead they sound dated.

Craig Kilborn was the last true talent ESPN unearthed. Olbermann and Patrick were good together.

Don't get me wrong here, I like Adnad Virk, and Louis Reddick, (and indeed Mel's hair). But you know the point.

This is my first post avec reading glasses. The times they are a changing.

Genghis Khan · May 27, 2016

boozeman said:
His agent says it is an unfounded rumor, unfortunately

Cotton · May 27, 2016

mschmidt64 said:
I got an alert saying Berman is retiring after this season too. Man, everyone is on their way out.

Cotton · May 27, 2016

boozeman said:
His agent says it is an unfounded rumor, unfortunately

God damn it.

Cotton · May 27, 2016

Yes, @chrisberman.

Genghis Khan · May 27, 2016

I'm not ashamed to admit I'm pretty confused. :unsure

Cotton · May 27, 2016

Genghis Khan said:
I'm not ashamed to admit I'm pretty confused.

I was just bumping the thread in honor of [MENTION=15]pdom[/MENTION].

Carp · May 28, 2016

Carl said:
Craig Kilborn was the last true talent ESPN unearthed. Olbermann and Patrick were good together.

Don't get me wrong here, I like Adnad Virk, and Louis Reddick, (and indeed Mel's hair). But you know the point.

This is my first post avec reading glasses. The times they are a changing.

Kilburn? Holy shit...he was terrible....like Colin Cowherd terrible.

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