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AsSiMiLaTeD
AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
I'm watching my Colts play tonight, first time I've ever watched the NFL Network. Wow, the coverage is a joke.

They spend so much time with the guys talking in the studio, saying basically the same thing over and over, THEN go to commercial, then by the time they come back from the commercial the Colts drive is already several plays in progress.

The game breaks are excessively long.

They just did it again with the Jag's next posession, by the time they cut in the Jags are already on the Colts side of the field - absolutely ridiculous.

Wow, what a joke...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    And now I just missed a Colts kickoff return for a touchdown due to their "Enhanced Coverage"

    Completely assinine
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited December 2009
    You are completely correct. You would think they would have the best coverage, but it is just awful. I'm just glad the Cowboys/Saints game Saturday will also be on a local station. Otherwise I'd be watching it on NFL Network and listening to the radio.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    I think it's the online coverage that's so bad, I don't get the NFL Network with Time Warner, so I have to view the online coverage.

    However, I was able to find a live feed of the TV coverage online and it's completely different coverage, without all the highlights and crap running over the live game. The commentary isn't great, but at least the coverage is there.
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited December 2009
    edbert wrote: »
    You are completely correct. You would think they would have the best coverage, but it is just awful. I'm just glad the Cowboys/Saints game Saturday will also be on a local station. Otherwise I'd be watching it on NFL Network and listening to the radio.

    WHAT ????? you're getting the game & it's NOT on the NFL network ??? What station , if i might ask ??
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited December 2009
    I am watching it on our new laptop, and you are most correct. Somebody on NFL network needs to be fired.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    NFL Players agree:

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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    On a somewhat related note, the Jags are running all over my Colts, this is not going to be pretty...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, that online coverage is so much of a joke, why even have it at all, it's basically just a highlight reel...
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited December 2009
    fossy wrote: »
    what ????? You're getting the game & it's not on the nfl network ??? What station , if i might ask ??

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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2009
    On Directv channel 212 ...the HD channel...its in stereo ??? They should be able to broadcast in dolby digital ...pretty weak.

    I also have to agree, the coverage sucks **** .
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited December 2009
    Wow. Looks good on Comcast here in Tucson. The return by Simpson was pretty nice.

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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    +1 The coverage is abysmal and the technical direction is pathetic. I can't imagine how they can look at themselves in the mirror. NFL Films ought to beat hell out of these guys.


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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2009
    Hell of a game...
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    Wow, the Colts are playing some of the absolute WORST defense I have ever seen...atrocious!
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    The NFL network sucks. Period. Worst commentary I've ever heard. I get it for free but certainly would never pay for it.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    A win is a win! Peyton is the man.
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    That is it. Not the last 54 seconds but man.... Peyton IS the man!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    Sorry, I was busy flirting with Joanna, the bartender and bilking beer off of my co-workers. Did the Colts win? The screen was blurry at the time. The only thing I remember is Joanna's phone number and that she told me I was a sweetheart in Spanish. She smelled pretty too.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    edbert wrote: »
    You are completely correct. You would think they would have the best coverage, but it is just awful. I'm just glad the Cowboys/Saints game Saturday will also be on a local station. Otherwise I'd be watching it on NFL Network and listening to the radio.
    fossy wrote: »
    WHAT ????? you're getting the game & it's NOT on the NFL network ??? What station , if i might ask ??

    Anytime the Patriots play on a cable channel (ESPN, NFL) our local ABC affiliate simulcasts the game... however, it is still the cable feed, so you're not going to get a new set of announcers or a different clip package, you're just able to watch NFL's feed on a different channel.
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  • edbert
    edbert Posts: 1,041
    edited December 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Anytime the Patriots play on a cable channel (ESPN, NFL) our local ABC affiliate simulcasts the game... however, it is still the cable feed, so you're not going to get a new set of announcers or a different clip package, you're just able to watch NFL's feed on a different channel.

    Hhhmmmm. I thought it was the local guys, but that could be entirely wrong. Sounds like I may have to watch it and listen to the radio guys afterall.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    The Patriots.... yuck. Nice to see brady and moss suck so far!!
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  • domflane
    domflane Posts: 653
    edited December 2009
    At least you guys are watching the game, I'm stuck reading the highlights . . . NFL network is better than nothing I guess.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    That was a great game last night, but up until the 4th quarter the Colts were playing some terrible defense. They put Freeney and Mathus in for the last couple drives full time and they got enough pressure on Garrardd that he started making bad throws.

    We got a good look at the Colts defense last night without a few of their starters and it wasn't impressive, lets just hope they keep enough guys healthy to do well in the playoffs.
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  • jdwmap
    jdwmap Posts: 116
    edited December 2009
    I can't stand the NFL network . . its a football game, cut to commercial on timeouts, let us see the plays. The commentary is so bad, give me Madden over these jokers any day. I'd rather see his color crayon sketches over every other play and hear about his man Brett than listen to these guys on the NFL network.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,046
    edited December 2009
    On a related note, am I the only one who dislikes the revamped Monday night broadcast team...especially John Gruden. He sounds like he is yelling instead of speaking all the time.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited December 2009
    I don't mind the Monday Night crew so much. I can always mute the volume, but at least the actual coverage of the full game is there. The NFL Network is the biggest joke ever...
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited December 2009
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    On a related note, am I the only one who dislikes the revamped Monday night broadcast team...especially John Gruden. He sounds like he is yelling instead of speaking all the time.

    I'd take Gruden over Kornheiser anyday - that guy drove me frickin' nuts with his inane non-sequitur babbling.

    At least there is some synergy between "jaws" and Gruden and both were 'in' the game so at least have relevant comments.

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited December 2009
    Ah Gruden's fine. He just gets excited, that's all. The guy brings great insight especially since he's worked with some very impressive names and his work was recent. Jaworski has great technical knowledge but when he starts telling stories he sound like a geezer in a rocking chair because it's all ancient history compared to what's going on now. But the two of them balance it all out and I really don't mind listening to them.

    Like what was said, it's a hell of alot better than Tony Kornholer.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited December 2009
    I like Tony Kornheiser, but not in the MNF booth. He was AWFUL.

    Gruden and Jaws know their ****, they're just both blowhards. Jaws has to always talk in that stupid **** announcer voice, and it drives me apeshit. Everything he says is always in the same stupid cadence where he builds up and then drops down for dramatic effect. Just speak like a normal human being, Jaworski, and you'd be the best person in the booth!

    And stop saying "National Football League!!"
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2009
    Korny Toneheiser is an annoying douchebag. I like Gruden even if he's a little loud. He seems like he's having fun and actually knows what he's talking about.
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