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[texaspackerbacker]

Get a load of those "extra-curricular activities" in the last paragraph hahahahaha.

[Fritz]

Get a load of those "extra-curricular activities" in the last paragraph hahahahaha.

Besides that obvious difference, it's also striking to me how concerned everyone seemed to be with being sure the facts of the game were available for everyone - substitutions, player numbers, and so on.

Today, announcers seem far less concerned with who's in the game. How often are you surprised to find out that one of the starting offensive lineman has been replaced? Or that Jackson never did get back on the field after he gave up that big play in the third quarter? The facts of who's in or out have taken a backseat in television announcing to the pursuit of the narrative du jour: Aaron Rodgers versus Patrick Mahomes! Can Rodgers get along with his new coach?

Ugh.

[Patler]

Besides that obvious difference, it's also striking to me how concerned everyone seemed to be with being sure the facts of the game were available for everyone - substitutions, player numbers, and so on.

Today, announcers seem far less concerned with who's in the game. How often are you surprised to find out that one of the starting offensive lineman has been replaced? Or that Jackson never did get back on the field after he gave up that big play in the third quarter? The facts of who's in or out have taken a backseat in television announcing to the pursuit of the narrative du jour: Aaron Rodgers versus Patrick Mahomes! Can Rodgers get along with his new coach?

Ugh.

In fairness to the announcers, it is difficult to keep up with all the substitutions now. Players are running on and off the field after every play. There are special player groupings for every situation. Defensive players come out just because a drive is long, and they have played a lot of consecutive plays. WRs come out just because they ran a deep route. Players take themselves out, just because they feel like it. The end of a play looks like the crosswalk at a traffic intersection of a big city when the light changes. It is a long way from the days of two-way players, who played on both offense and defense

[pbmax]

Outside of being offered women (I assume this is why my parents never encouraged a writing career) my favorite part are knowledgeable team spotters, to help identify who did what. Probably necessary without TV replay.

[pbmax]

Calling all lyricists:

@ProFootballTalk
During a @PFT_Live break, we just tripped over a "Freddie Kitchens" melody based on Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman." All we need now are the lyrics.

[mraynrand]

Freddie Kitchens, he ate too much meat
Freddie kitchens, the guy I’d like to beat

Freddie Kitchen, it cant be true,
No one else would hire you

Freddie Kitchens: text at your own risk
Freddie Kitchens: reporters he will frisk

Freddie Kitchens, can it be true,
At your young age a fat goo rue?

[pbmax]

Bears Packers NBC promo includes a teddy bear FG joke.

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/fans/2019/08/26/packers-bears-promo-uses-double-doink-hype-season-opener/2123177001/

[Fritz]

In fairness to the announcers, it is difficult to keep up with all the substitutions now. Players are running on and off the field after every play. There are special player groupings for every situation. Defensive players come out just because a drive is long, and they have played a lot of consecutive plays. WRs come out just because they ran a deep route. Players take themselves out, just because they feel like it. The end of a play looks like the crosswalk at a traffic intersection of a big city when the light changes. It is a long way from the days of two-way players, who played on both offense and defense

Ah, good point. Leads me to wonder if the focus on specific narratives during broadcasts results in part from the difficulties entailed in simply keeping track of the substitutions.

[pbmax]

Ah, good point. Leads me to wonder if the focus on specific narratives during broadcasts results in part from the difficulties entailed in simply keeping track of the substitutions.

That new focus is to entice new viewers. You are showing up even if the game is annoucerless.

[pbmax]

Your morning gutcheck:

@RossTuckerNFL
Annual Reminder: Guys playing in 4th preseason game tonight are likely the best football players EVER from their hometown.

For most, tonight is last time they will ever put a helmet and shoulder pads on & by Saturday they'll realize their lifelong dream/goal did not come true.

[mraynrand]

Your morning gutcheck:

@RossTuckerNFL
Annual Reminder: Guys playing in 4th preseason game tonight are likely the best football players EVER from their hometown.

For most, tonight is last time they will ever put a helmet and shoulder pads on & by Saturday they'll realize their lifelong dream/goal did not come true.

Lock up all the guns and sharpe objects. Hide the household poisons.

[run pMc]

Your morning gutcheck:

@RossTuckerNFL
Annual Reminder: Guys playing in 4th preseason game tonight are likely the best football players EVER from their hometown.

For most, tonight is last time they will ever put a helmet and shoulder pads on & by Saturday they'll realize their lifelong dream/goal did not come true.

True...and just making into an NFL camp and sticking this far means you're better than 99.9% of the football players out there.

[pbmax]

The problem with large numbers.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Your morning gutcheck:

@RossTuckerNFL
Annual Reminder: Guys playing in 4th preseason game tonight are likely the best football players EVER from their hometown.

For most, tonight is last time they will ever put a helmet and shoulder pads on & by Saturday they'll realize their lifelong dream/goal did not come true.

For every roster spot won, a thousand men are terminated. The viciousness of capitalism.

The lonesome Texas moon was floating high
And in the rye they watched their dreams die

The vicious pigs in America
Are hunting them tonight

(From Boys Don’t Cry)

[mraynrand]

For every roster spot won, a thousand men are terminated. The viciousness of capitalism.

The lonesome Texas moon was floating high
And in the rye they watched their dreams die

The vicious pigs in America
Are hunting them tonight

(From Boys Don’t Cry)

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I've said too much, been too unkind