[CBFF] Draft Coverage (why NFLN is better)

Tue May 1 08:06:30 MDT 2007

I gave the ESPN coverage about 3 minutes.  When I heard Keyshawn
describe Calvin Johnson as "a cross between Randy Moss and me", I
tuned the egocentric SOB off.

Thank you NFLN!

I think it was Tom who asked me what I liked about the NFLN's
coverage.  In order, it would be these things:

1 - Rich Eisen beats outs Chris Berman and Suzy Kolber as a host every
day of the week and twice on Sundays.

2 - Adam Schefter used to strike me as a smarmy little twerp, but then
I started to listen to what he had to say and you know what?  He's
right most of the time.  He scooped Chris Mortensen on the Randy Moss
trade AND he predicted Troy Smith would go to the Ravens about an hour
before he was drafted.

3 - I'll take Mike Mayock over Mel Kiper, but only because he's a
change-of-pace and his hair isn't so big it makes me want to save it.
Otherwise, the two are interchangeable.

4 - When the NFLN breaks-down a recently drafted player, they not only
include college highlights, but they also breakdown their combine
footage, which (unless I'm mistaken) they have exclusive rights to.

5 - Lastly, NFLN actually has cams inside certain war rooms.  It was
really neat to see the clip from inside the Ravens war room as they
were making their first pick.

There ya have it.

Jerry

On 4/30/07, Nat Mara <azbearfan34 at cox.net> wrote:
> No doubt the coverage had way too many people.  I thought Keyshawn was about
> what I expected, opinionated  and he got on my nerves.  Tony Kornheiser will
> always get on my nerves.  The Brady saga was over the top and I believe next
> year I will watch it on NFLN instead.
>
> Nat
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of mactbone
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:59 AM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Draft Coverage
>
> To be fair, I've heard stories about most of the ESPN guys... Salisbury is a
> horrible speaker though and shouldn't be on the air.
>
> I didn't like Keyshawn. There were way too many people for ESPN at the
> draft. Tony Kornheiser still sounded like a moron. I was hoping he wouldn't
> act so dumb about a sport that he's covered for years, but I guess ESPN
> really wants to bring the casual fan to such an exciting event like the
> Draft - and all they need is for someone to ask the dumb questions. ESPN
> should've admitted that the draft is definitely for a niche audience and
> there's no reason to dumb down anything.
>
> I wish I could see NFLN's coverage since I've heard nothing but good things.
> -Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kenny Claxton <kenny.claxton at gmail.com>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:59:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Draft Coverage
>
>
> I did catch some of Keyshawn Johnson's work and he was very good. He may
> wind up doing this after he hangs them up. Salisbury at least was fired by
> Espn-am 1000 and not a moment too soo. He was an awful qb, an awful analyst
> and apparently a perv according to reports.
>
> On 4/30/07, Tom Shannon <tshanno at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com [mailto:cbff-
> > > bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
> > > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:48 AM
> > > To: CBFF
> > > Subject: Re: [CBFF] Draft Coverage
> > >
> > > Let me say it again, in the same way the Sun-Times sports coverage
> > > outshines the Tribune's, the NFL Network's Draft coverage outdid
> > > ESPN's.  I have so little use for the eastern sports programming
> > > network these days.
> >
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I don't get the NFL Network.  But I didn't think ESPN did a bad job.
> > Their main team of Kiper, Mortenson and Berman covered things from a
> > lot of angles.  Keshawn Johnson was surprisingly good.  In fact, there
> > were several instances when I think he irritated Kiper because, when
> > he disagreed with him, he did it for very well-defined, logical
> > reasons.  Michael Smith surprised me as well.  He really had a good
> > grasp on what each organization was thinking in the first round.
> >
> > But the guy I really loved was Jaworski.  They let him show film of
> > some of the prospects where he could specifically show strengths and
> > weaknesses in the breakdown.  I can never get enough of that stuff.
> >
> > The second day was the best when most of the time was spent listening
> > to Jaworski, Mortenson, Kiper and Suzy Kolber talk about various NFL
> > related issues and the state of the league in general.  All of the
> > prospects were minor but the conversation was great.  They did it
> > without a lot of the loud yelling that seems to characterize the
> > programming during the week.  I was glued to my TV and I consider it
> > to be a day well spent.
> >
> > The only two drawbacks were Steve Young and Sean Salisbury.  Young
> > came across as too loud and obnoxious.  Salisbury was... well...
> Salisbury.
> >
> > What was it that you specifically didn't like?
> >
> > Tom S.
> >
> > "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
> > --George Orwell
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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