1. It was like being at a bar or walking in a mall with 2 or 3 guys behind you talking endlessly about the 2 teams. No play-by-play, only color. Sure, they were filled with facts and opinions about the teams and the players, but most of their discussion was suitable for a pre-game show, not the actual event.
2. Announcers rarely talked about what was happening on the field as it was happening. I couldn’t cheer for Wes Welker’s run because I didn’t know who had the ball at the time.
3. Announcers never told us a play was under review. They came back from commercial and still no one was playing but the announcers didn’t explain why. The announcers didn’t look at a replay of the play that was being reviewed nor did they even discuss it at the time of the review. Only when the umpire made his announcement did I know what was going on.
4. Announcers talked over the umpire’s announcement/explanation of a call, barring me from knowing what was going on.
5. I missed the plays because I had to figure out where the graphic was that told me the down/yardage (again, the announcers weren’t telling me).
6. Huddle Cam. I know what a huddle is and that camera was never in on one and only showed a huddle from that camera once in the time I watched. It’s really an on-the-field camera, and nothing more. It was no ‘treat,’ as one of the announcers said it would be.
7. “Is that what I’m seeing? Is that what I’m seeing?” – a quote from one of the announcers. He should be telling ME what I’M seeing! And, as I recall, nothing exciting was happening. That was the capper for me. I turned the TV off shortly before 9pm so I could listen to the radio.
