Worst Sports Commentator

[Ravens Beast]

My vote goes to Theismann that man has clear cut favorites and won't stop talking about them the whole game.

[thewarden86]

Theisman. Somehow, Collinsworth has become tolerable.

Still, I fee like I'm forgetting somebody.

[theFRANCHISE]

Joe Theismann, Matt Millen, Steve Beurlein, and Bryant Gumbel, not necessarily in that order.

I never would've guessed Bryant and Greg were related since Greg is a much better commentator.

[EyeSeeTDsInBmore]

He's in love with Matt Ryan. They're getting married on the 25th.

[AwakenTheDemon]

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My vote goes to Theisman that man has clear cut favorites and won't stop talking about them the whole game.
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Yeah, I was getting extremely irritated by that the entire night. Hearing about how he wants a DVD of Matt Ryan's throws because their a work of art certainly never got old. Neither did seeing Ryan's chipmunk face everytime they had the ball the first half. Oh wait...

[Ed_Reed20]

If we're talking analysts, Dierdorf and Gruden are just the worst.

[AwakenTheDemon]

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If we're talking analysts, Dierdorf and Gruden are just the worst.
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In Gruden's defense, the quality of his analysis depends on where he heard it from first.

[T-ray]

how bout Kornheiser??

[Jamal]

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how bout Kornheiser??
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Love him on PTI, but he was terrible on MNF. It just wasn't for him. Hes more of an entertainer.

Theisman really made a statement yesterday, so I'd say he takes the cake.

[Moderator 2]

Kornheiser and that Poppa guy from last night, I need recordings of his voice for an insomnia cure

[T-ray]

I respected how kornheiser stepped down after seeing it wasnt 4 him

[Ed_Reed20]

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In Gruden's defense, the quality of his analysis depends on where he heard it from first.
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True. Not only is he trash in the booth, those "interviews" he does with players in the pre-game show are just terrible. The screen will show some random player the player being interviewed might look up to and Jon will say, "Do you know who this is?" No Jon, they don't!!

[Jamal]

Oh yeah, I just remembered. You guys recall Deion Sanders from the Cowboys/Ravens game a couple years back? The whole crew was terrible, but Sanders seemed to stand out. He sounded disappointed whenever the Ravens scored.

Bottom-line is the NFLN really needs to find some decent commentators.

[theFRANCHISE]

NFLN just needs to hire me already. I'll do it for free, just pay for my airfare and hotel and expenses. Make it happen.

[Malkavian Raven]

[i][font="'Century Gothic"]<Wonder what the Ravens front office would think about giving a lucky fan the chance to sit and commentate with Gerry Sandusky. Hmm...>[/font][/i]
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[AwakenTheDemon]

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Oh yeah, I just remembered. You guys recall Deion Sanders from the Cowboys/Ravens game a couple years back? The whole crew was terrible, but Sanders seemed to stand out. He sounded disappointed whenever the Ravens scored.

Bottom-line is the NFLN really needs to find some decent commentators.
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I don't know... I loved Sanders during those back-to-back TD runs. "Here we go again..."

[ravensfolife]

Thiesman is the worst I ever heard. You would swear Ryan was the second coming of Peyton Manning, if you let him tell it.

[XxSizzleXx]

Those announcers were extremely terrible, it seemed like every time they talked about someone on the Ravens they messed up with either the name or what they were talking about.

[Malkavian Raven]

[font="'Century Gothic"]Yeah, the Matt Ryan love fest made me want to puke... and come fourth quarter when they started pronouncing Haloti Ngata's name wrong... I just put them on mute. All in all, a terrible job on the part of the commentators.[/font]
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[theFRANCHISE]

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[font="Century Gothic"]Yeah, the Matt Ryan love fest made me want to puke... and come fourth quarter when they started pronouncing Haloti Ngata's name wrong... I just put them on mute. All in all, a terrible job on the part of the commentators.[/font]

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David Zurawik is a blogger for The Baltimore Sun whose area of expertise is criticizing telecasts, both sports and otherwise. He's just as critical as we are of the commentary during each Ravens game, especially the last one. ([url="http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/11/nfl_thursday_night_football_si.html"]LINK[/url])

Like myself, he [i]hates[/i] Steve Beurlein and ripped him a new one during the last Ravens game he called. He also trashed Bryant Gumbel two years ago as possibly being the worst football commentator in the recent history of the league. My kinda guy.

[AwakenTheDemon]

Oh man, how could I have forgotten about Theisman calling Monk his "security blanket"...

[hawkprey]

The best was when he said Ryan reminded him of Peyton Manning AND Tom Brady. It's a wonder we haven't elected him president yet!

(And calling Matt Ryan "Joe Flacco" whenever he missed a throw and not realizing it until the next play.)

[YYZ66]

I enjoyed it when Theismann said something about the Ravens getting Fabian Washington back. ummmmm, back from where Joe? Do you even follow the NFL?

[AwakenTheDemon]

Well... uh... maybe he meant... the bench? I don't know, and neither does he.

[Moderator 2]

Middle of the first half I muted Millen and crew. I could not take it any more

[flaccopoe]

[Insert Bob Papa joke here]

[K-Dog]

I dont know which one it was but it was pretty annoying Thursday when Mase caught that touch down pass and the announcer went on and on and on about how well Mason was covered.

Gruden sucks too.

[flaccopoe]

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He's in love with Matt Ryan. They're getting married on the 25th.
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The perfect marriage: Matt Ryan to Joe Theismann and his "security blanket."

[cursona pirate]

Lucky I only watch gamecast I heard it was horrible. Dose anyone have a link of him commentating him Thursday.

[Jabara]

Joe Theismann is my answer as well, always has been, even on the NFL network, I think he's taken too many hits.

Does anyone remember when he said, "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like [b]Norman[/b] Einstein."