Over NBC’s Blue Star Blog, Drew Magary wonders whether the NFL might have finally found a pair of announcers that can make highlight shows worth watching.
Deion and Irvin: The NFL’s Answer to Charles and Kenny?
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↵The NFL Network clearly wanted to follow the template of TNT’s NBA coverage with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkely, and Kenny Smith, which is universally beloved … Irvin and Sanders appear to finally be comfortable on camera, in no small part because they probably are comfortable with one another, and Eisen. They do surprisingly little self-aggrandizing, preferring instead to react to Roy Williams’ touchdown the way you or I might … Who knew an NFL broadcast could have real, genuine human spontaneity?
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↵But do they have hopelessly-dated puns? Chris Berman asks. No? Then what’s the point?
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