MNF lovefest for the Patriots

The best broadcast that mnf has had since espn has taken it over was the second game of opening weekend last year. with jaws and vermeil were the color guys. Jaws is actually pretty good in the booth ,but I think he tries to kiss up to kornhole too much. If they wanted to put one of the pti guys in the booth they should have used Wilbon.

Kornheiser's okay...

Wilbon is usually just too serious

Anyone catch that last night? I honestly have never seen so much coverage dedicated to a team NOT playing in the actual game.


Yeah....and what made it worse ....on Sports Center this morning it was the same shit. Sad thing was...they were already looking ahead two weeks to the freakin' Colts game. Totally overlooking us. :madani: At least acknowledge that we are playing them this week.

I have to agree with you guys on this,but thats what you get when you put a media person instead of a football guy in the booth, But don't blame the pats for the media hype they don't even pay attention to it.

I'm sure the pats don't pay any attention, when do they have time? brady is too busy posing for GQ, impregnating various model (this is me just being jealous) and selling cologne/clothing, while the rest of the organization is buried knee deep in video tapes...

And it wasn't just a Patriots lovefest. I came away from the game thinking that Jaws would marry Bob Sanders if he was a chick.

MNF was ruined when Madden and Michaels left. Just get rid of the entertainers, and hire some people with football knowledge! I agree Wilbon would have been a much better choice than Kornhole.

This is indicative of a bigger trend at ESPN: moving away from sports, and towards crappy entertainment shows with sports drink commercials. Ugh.

I'm actually glad that I don't get ESPN anymore. It kinda sucks you in, and you realize it's crap, but you can't stop watching.

I'm glad they are already looking forward to the Indy-Pats matchup...please let them overlook us, thats the only way we are going to have a chance. I wouldn't mind if we got daily coverage/interviews of pats players and coaches of how they are going to gameplan for indy. Anything to take their mind off of us.

I agree with everyone's hate of the media hype. It's been TERRIBLE this season. I almost want some sort of Vicklike or TOian distraction just so that i don't have to hear about the Pats and Cowboys.

As far as MNF goes, somewhere along the line they decided that they were going to reach out to a new fanbase (the not-so-hardcore fans) and bring in those ratings. This was before ESPN took over IMO (Dennis Miller). I guess the logic isn't so bad b/c its not like us hardcore fans are gonna stop watching. At worst we will mute it or just not pay attention to the commentary. What I want to know is, is the booth banter actually working to bring in those casual fans? I think the NFL is trying to branch out to more markets under Goodell than ever before...case in point the new "Be a Woman, Be a Fan" campaign. I don't think the NFL needs more of a stranglehold but as long as it doesn't affect the actual play on the field it doesnt really bother me.

The one thing I did notice is how they brought up the NFC east and there highlights in the fastest 3 minutes segmant and didnt include the Redskins, what was that all about

The one thing I did notice is how they brought up the NFC east and there highlights in the fastest 3 minutes segmant and didnt include the Redskins, what was that all about

It was in there, they showed Rackers missing the kick.

MNF was ruined when Madden and Michaels left. Just get rid of the entertainers, and hire some people with football knowledge! I agree Wilbon would have been a much better choice than Kornhole.

This is indicative of a bigger trend at ESPN: moving away from sports, and towards crappy entertainment shows with sports drink commercials. Ugh.

I'm actually glad that I don't get ESPN anymore. It kinda sucks you in, and you realize it's crap, but you can't stop watching.
I'd be happy with some announcers that would just shut up!

Anyone catch that last night? I honestly have never seen so much coverage dedicated to a team NOT playing in the actual game.

It's getting to the point where I can't even listen to that garbage anymore. Yes they were all over the Pats, but they brought in Russell Crowe and he was talking about rugby. Just awful.