Fouts is pretty good, as is Jaws. Whoever the best is, the whole lot is infinitely better now that Kornheiser has departed the booth.

Collingsworth SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS....he is the worst.


Who is somehow absent is John Gruden, former Tampa Bay coach who started on ESPN Monday Night Football this year.

Gruden is EXCELLENT. Yes, of course its cliche, but Gruden really is the best thing since Madden. Like Madden he is a former coach and really really knows the game inside and out.


Check him out monday, and see how fun it is to have him there and his great commentary.

Can we stop comparing every anouncer to John Madden? Madden was a joke and a distraction for the last fifteen or so years he was on the air and I dont think many people really miss him. Usually, when Madden was calling a game, I would mute the sound so I didnt have to listen to him blabbering on and on about silly stuff. He wouldnt really get interested in the games until the playoffs started anyway.
Troy Aikman is my favorite announcer. I also like Al Michaels, Chris Collinsworth and Brian Billick. The current MNF crew is pretty good, but not great. At last they have a crew that focuses on the game and has a good time doing it together. I almost stopped watching MNF when they had Dennis Miller, then Tony Kornheiser. My least favorite, by a mile, is Tony Siragusa. He has this gimmick where he is roaming about the field, but interacts with the broadcast crew as if he were in the booth with them. He tries to act like he is a flake or a screwball, but he is really very annoying and adds nothing to the game or the broadcast. Mostly he is just embarassing.

I am not familiar with Danielson's work, but I can tell you that Collinsworth and Michaels are terrible -- just ahead of Dierdork at the bottom of my own list.

Best in the business? Boomer Esiason is great -- ever heard him call MNF on the radio? -- as are Gruden and Simms.

My least favourite thing about American football (and the NFL in particular) is the lack of passionate commentary by the announcers. The game is already pretty boring as it is (unless you get a match-up like last week's Colts-Patriots tilt), and when you add monotone commentary, it's just painful to watch.

As a Canadian, I watch a lot of CFL football (in fact, every game), and the best commentator is TSN's Chris Cuthbert. He's also a great play-by-play guy for the NHL, working on both TSN and NBC. In my opinion, he's the best play-by-play guy in all of sports. He knows his stuff, but he also gets a bit excited on big plays, which when you're not there in person, at least brings some emotion to the games.

This has to be a joke. I watch a lot of SEC football on CBS and I find the pairing of Danielson and Lundquist to be unbearable. Danielson constantly tries to point out the obvious as if no one watching understands. I think that is what they mean by pointing it out before some sees it. He points it out for newcomers not people that watch it more than once a season.

who is gary danlieson? does he call the oakland raiders games?

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