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Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:32 pm
by JWL
Aqib Talib will be the color analyst for the Lions vs Football Team game this weekend. He is one of the last guys I would have ever expected to call a game since he has a potty mouth and was not an honorable or classy player.
Chad Pennington did a few games and showed potential but did not stick. Beth Mowins did the Jets-Lions game in 2018. Many people did not like her. I thought she was alright.
Who are some other announcers who called only a few games for whatever reason?
Re: Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:56 pm
by Reaser
Marcus Allen did the Lions @ Buccaneers game on FOX in 1994.
Thought having an active player as an analyst was weird then. Since then, Matt Hasselbeck and Greg Olsen (a couple times) did the same. Announcing games while still an active player in the NFL is still odd, to me.
Re: Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:29 pm
by ChrisBabcock
Dennis Miller
Re: Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:41 pm
by Reaser
ChrisBabcock wrote:Dennis Miller
He did more than a few games.
The second MNF game has led to some interesting combinations. The aforementioned Beth Mowins with Rex Ryan (also was the infamous Sergio Dipp game), or Mike & Mike (with Mike Ditka).
Re: Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:39 am
by rhickok1109
Rush Limbaugh, who was a disaster waiting to happen, and it wasn't a very long wait.
Re: Aqib Talib and other oddball announcers
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 11:35 am
by Bryan
I find it funny when a head coach spends his entire career railing against the media, and then when he retires he immediately becomes an announcer.
I thought Jay Cutler was an odd announcer choice, because he was lethargic and hated reporters. Still, I thought he was interesting as an announcer because he was different...more detached and not getting excited over minutia like Jon Gruden.
I respected them as players, but Emmitt Smith and Eric Dickerson simply could not speak in front of the camera. Dickerson's sideline reports were coming from a different planet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDG0j3AxF6U
Charlie Waters did Cowboys radio broadcasts in 1979 when he was injured. "Go....Touchdown."