Al Michaels advises Tom Brady to ‘savor’ Super Bowl broadcast
"The platform will be his biggest, but the game will take him where he needs to go as a broadcaster."
"The platform will be his biggest, but the game will take him where he needs to go as a broadcaster."
"Al Michaels told me in the booth that ‘if you mentioned his name, you're going to get dead air. We don't get along with Al Davis.’"
“I still get excited walking into a stadium. I still love to do what I do. So, why walk away?”
"Whatever [the criticism] is, I think it's borne out of jealousy more than anything else."
"If I had a debate team, I would make him my captain."
"As a Chicago Bears and St. Louis Blues fan, this hurts and kicks ass all at the same time."
"What haven't you done?"
Surely fans of the Seahawks and Bears would hope to outscore their city's baseball teams next week.
"I'm not sitting here going, 'I've got to do this until I die, or I've got to set some kind of broadcasting record.'"
Other NFL rightsholders are getting jealous of the great schedule and increasing ratings of Amazon's Thursday Night Football.
"At that point, I wasn't allowed to."
"Rams start this drive from the 33. And Private Parts"
Michaels is expected to return on a 'year-to-year' basis.
"Ain't this fascinating?"
Amazon analyst Kirk Herbstreit referenced an obscure NFL rule on social media in attempting to explain the strange Chiefs-Raiders ending.
Neither announcer had any idea what was going on.
"Once in a while, you’ll hit the jackpot or whatever. But over the long run, I’m sorry, you can’t."
Broadcasters comparing current athletes to players of the past probably happens during every single game. But generally, announcers...
"I'm not sure I want this to end."
Despite the harsh conditions, Amazon put on a seamless TNF broadcast in Week 12.
"My guy Pat McAfee texted me, saying we have better kicks with his kicking contest …"
"The whole thing. It's so frustrating to the fans. So frustrating."
"Oh, look at that! The right foot!"