grog
Chief Instigation Officer
While watching the Colts be gifted yet again on Thursday night football, I couldn't help but think about how terrible the broadcast was from the NFL network. They are clearly amatuers at producing a quality football telecast.
1. You could feel the chaos that must have been going on in the director's booth. Transitions from one shot to another were scattered and poorly timed. They missed action on the field at times while showing irrelevant happenings on another part of the field. The cuts to and from commercials were harsh. It just looked like a high school production.
2. The announcers were poor. Example: stating that there have already been six or whatever lead changes before the Jags attempted a FG that would NOT have changed who was leading. The got lucky at the end when they called for Wayne to be the next target. They also where pretty good at the jinx talking, saying things like there hasn't been a punt yet right before a series with the first punt. But over all, they were WEAK.
3. It is clear the NFL network will not show replays over missed calls, blown calls, or anything controversial to the product they want to convey. There were more than a few times a replay would have been nice, but they never showed one because it might make the officials look bad.
4. Cameras. Did they use less than most networks. They had bad angles on many shots. Maybe they should consult with BB on this issue ;-)
Overall, I am glad I do not pay for this product. It was shown free here last night since it was a local team, and now I no longer want to buy it. Yes I will miss some games, but that was a poor effort last night. Was that typical for NFL network?
1. You could feel the chaos that must have been going on in the director's booth. Transitions from one shot to another were scattered and poorly timed. They missed action on the field at times while showing irrelevant happenings on another part of the field. The cuts to and from commercials were harsh. It just looked like a high school production.
2. The announcers were poor. Example: stating that there have already been six or whatever lead changes before the Jags attempted a FG that would NOT have changed who was leading. The got lucky at the end when they called for Wayne to be the next target. They also where pretty good at the jinx talking, saying things like there hasn't been a punt yet right before a series with the first punt. But over all, they were WEAK.
3. It is clear the NFL network will not show replays over missed calls, blown calls, or anything controversial to the product they want to convey. There were more than a few times a replay would have been nice, but they never showed one because it might make the officials look bad.
4. Cameras. Did they use less than most networks. They had bad angles on many shots. Maybe they should consult with BB on this issue ;-)
Overall, I am glad I do not pay for this product. It was shown free here last night since it was a local team, and now I no longer want to buy it. Yes I will miss some games, but that was a poor effort last night. Was that typical for NFL network?
@ tTV watching Manning cleverly running a giddy-up play so they couldn't challenge the incorrect spotting in his favor 