Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Offseason NFL Announcing Team Rankings!

In the next few days, I will be taking a look at all the NFL announcing pairings and creating a list of the best and worst crews. Below I have listed all of the crews that call games for CBS, FOX, NBC, NFL Network, and ESPN. The networks spend billions of dollars on the rights to broadcast NFL games on their respective networks. Consequently, these networks are rewarded with big time ratings for the NFL product, as well as free and endless cross promotion for all the shows on their network. You would think that a product and entity such as the NFL would have the best and most talented announcing crews? We will soon find out. Here is the list of the teams:

CBS:
Jim Nantz/Phil Simms (1st Crew)
Greg Gumbel/Dan Dierdorf (2nd Crew)
Dick Enberg/Randy Cross (3rd Crew)
Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon (4th Crew)
Ian Eagle/Solomon Wilcots (5th Crew)
Gus Johnson/Steve Tasker (6th Crew)
Bill Macatee/Steve Beuerlein (7th Crew)


FOX:
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman (1st Crew)
Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan (4th Crew)
Chris Rose and John Lynch (7th Crew)
Kenny Albert, Darryl Johnston, T0ny Siragusa (2nd Crew)
Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger (3rd Crew)
Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli (5ht Crew)
Thom Brennaman and JC Pearson (6th Crew)

Primetime Crews:
NBC: Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
ESPN: Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski, and Jon Gruden
NFL Net: Bob Papa and Matt Millen

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