Who are the Best and Worst NFL Announcers??

[RockaFowler]

http://deadspin.com/who-are-the-best-and-worst-nfl-announcers-1484851508



Above is the overall tally by network, but it's broken down by team and by specific announcers. Using these metrics, Chris Myers is the single worst play-by-play man working football today, while Joe Buck is the best. As for color commentators, the retiring Dan Dierdorf takes the crown as the worst, with Mike Mayock earning honors as the best.


Mike Mayock?? Oh my!!

[Scuba]

1. Troy Aikman, he is the worst.

Troy Aikman, he must make the Chair of the English department at UCLA just cringe.

[El Supremo]

2. Troy Aikmen just can't speak a sentence...

without a double subject. It dives me absolutely crazy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. The teaming up of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman is enough to make me jump off a cliff.

As a Packer fan, it's ridiculous the bias they have against the team.

Joe Buck doing baseball is just as bad.

[TBF]

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[Kingofalldems]

4. Larry Michael, Dan Snyder's #1 brown noser

Snyder fired long time announcer Frank Herzog to put this weasel in the booth.

[TZ]

5. Oh god I agree with this

I really miss when it was Sonny Sam and Frank

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. I used to like Dick Enberg and Dick Stockton back in their younger days.

Going way back, Ray Scott, Pat Summerall and Curt Gowdy were all better to me than any of the current ones. Joe Buck can't carry his father's jock strap!

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

7. I fondly remember Dick Stockton calling almost every important NBA game in the 80's.

He's not as sharp as he used to be, but I still prefer him to many current play-by-play guys.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

8. I can't stand the Michaels/Collinsworth team.

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Mike Mayock is a cliché spewing moron, Nessler is pretty good.

My favorite play-by-play man is Kevin Harlan. I also like the Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts booth. Don't really like any of the FOX guys besides Sam Rosen and Dick Stockton (maybe Kenny Albert on his best day). I feel every FOX broadcast is bush league compared to the superior broadcast and presentation that CBS airs. Then again, CBS is the gold standard when it comes to sports broadcasting.

[Upton]

9. I don't think Troy Aikman is so bad..

in fact, I think he does a credible job. His partner Joe Buck is a whole different matter though. He's arrogant, despite not knowing as much about football as he thinks, and is biased against teams from the Bay Area. It's not as obvious with the 49ers, but in baseball it's pretty clear he hates the Giants..I really don't have a favorite, all of them have some major faults and can get real annoying, but if I had to choose..I'd go with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms I guess.

[Auggie]

10. I really don't listen to the play-by-play guys ...

or rather, I choose not to listen too closely since they're pretty much telling me what I can see on the field.

I do listen to color commentators, and while the likes of Dierdorf and Aikman come off as flat sometimes, their commentary/opinion is based on having played the game, and that can be enlightening. Former coaches (i.e. John Gruden) comment (or should) on the bigger picture -- coaching and game strategy, and general position play.

Much depends on the game they're calling. Even the best can't save a bad contest.

I know announcers undergo auditions and I'm sure some degree of celebrity is taken into account in their hire. Probably too much celebrity.

[Bluzmann57]

11. Wayne Larrivee

Him and Larry McCarren tell it like it is during Packer broadcasts. Besides, Wayne is a grad of the University of Iowa.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

13. Didn't Larrivee used to do Friday Cubs games

on WGN when Chip Carey traveled to host the "MLB on FOX" studio show? I also seem to remember him doing WGN Bulls games...

[Bluzmann57]

15. Yes

He also does football and basketball broadcasts on the Big Ten network. He's a busy guy.

[marmar]

12. I would rather listen to nails scraping a chalkboard than Chris Collinsworth's voice.

[NoGOPZone]

16. Dierdorf as the worst commentator is spot on. nt

[RagAss]

17. The best announcers are no announcers, like the....

the Jets-Dolphins game in December of 1980. I was pissed it didn't catch on.