More from Tuesday Morning Quarterback:
TMQ gets a lot of email about network announcers, but rarely critiques them; my feeling is these gentlemen are not expected to be Roman orators. I accept that the bobbleheads will contradict themselves. But not in the same minute! Point one: St. Louis 7, Seattle 3, Les Mouflons faced third-and-3. The Dropped Passes Group came out in the dime. Paul Maguire, who had been urging Seattle to blitz, intoned, “With six defensive backs on the field, they have got to bring at least one!” Seattle blitzed two defensive backs, leaving the wide receivers single-covered; easy slant to Torry Holt for the first down. Maguire then huffed, “Any time you leave Holt one-on-one like that, the Rams are going to go to him.” Point two: Minnesota 24, Green Bay 17 in the fourth quarter. Randy Moss was hobbling to the huddle — but Moss is smart, he knows people saw him hobbling and assumed this meant he could not run. How hobbled was Randy, really? Cris Collinsworth declared, “The Packers have got to recognize that Moss cannot go deep. Al Harris can cover Moss one-on-one. He doesn’t need safety help.” Two plays later, Moss was covered one-on-one by Harris during a safety blitz, and caught a 34-yard touchdown pass that iced the game. “Harris really bit on that move,” Collinsworth deadpanned.
NewMexiKen generally has to use the mute when there are three announcers in the booth.
Paul Maguire is the most annoying talking head since Howard Cosell.