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r16g asked in SportsFootball (American) · 1 decade ago

Is Chris Collingsworth the worst NFL announcer in history?

He is unlistenable!!!! He is a know it all. Some of his comments tonight were out of left field. He needs to get out of the announcer box. Does he ever shut up, or ever not know everything about everything. Good news is I've found the game on a local station to listen to on the radio while watching a quiet TV.

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He's just off base so much. I know he was a receiver, but any time a receiver interfers with a defender it's perfectly okay, but if a defender so much as looks at a receiver it's a penalty in his mind.

He totally blew off the Campbell injury.

I think he just likes to hear himself talk and not think about what he is saying.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I can't believe Collingsworth is still in the air. He's stealing money. It talks like he knows everything, but it's mostly trash coming out of his mouth. Plus he wines about everything. Geez, he's an embarassment.

    The thing is, he does know football. But he is such a know it all that half the time he sounds dumb.

    Kornheiser is bad, but then, he's third in the booth. Collingsworth is so bad he makes Gumbal sound decent.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Dennis Green is horrible but he did manage to get some of his Vikings teams into the playoffs (although grossly underachieving once they got there). Wayne Fontes from Detroit is another coach who deserves mention, if for no other reason then not being able to get a Barry Sanders led team into the post-season more than once. Ouch! Talk about squandering a Hall-Of-Fame Talent. No, for my money I would say that the Jets (and Eagles) Rich Kotite was the worst head coach I have ever seen (ie...post 1978). 3-13 and 1-15 in successive seasons, Kotite became the first NFL coach to lead his team to successive #1 picks in the draft (based on merit not trades). After the Jets cut Kotite loose, Bill Parcells came in and won 8 more games the following season with basically the same players.

  • 1 decade ago

    Greg Gumble is worse than Chris Collingsworth but, of course, Gumble is the play-by-play guy and Collingsworth is the color guy. Put the two together and you've definitely got the most irritating premier broadcasting duo working today.

    That said, if you listen to some of the second or third tier games on Sunday there's a lot of people working in broadcasting that do work that could only be described as "fair to middling".

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Collinsworth IS terrible. But ESPN has one that is much worse:

    University of Houston Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware. The

    only thing worse than Andre's NFL career is his career an a

    color commentator.

    Dennis Miller was horrid on MNF. Paul Maquire (sp?), Theisman,

    Gumbel, and Kornheiser are all running close to Ware.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah, he is pretty bad. I wish that the NFL could ban him from announcing. It we be very good for football! My top 4:

    4) Thesimann - he's a lot better than he was a few years ago

    3) Mustberger -makes up drama that isn't there.

    2) Collinsworth

    1) Kornheiser-does he even know the game?

  • 1 decade ago

    Collingsworth is HORRIBLE. Yes, he is a knowitall but it is of b.s. He wasn't a great WR but for some reason tv big-wigs like him and that is why he have to suffer. Even though I am not a Giants fan, I hope Tikki replaces him because he at least makes sense. CC = BS

  • 1 decade ago

    I found him to be totally informative on Saturday night. I think a few people here are pissed that the Giants won and are taking it out on Collingsworth.

  • 1 decade ago

    chris collingsworth is #2 in my top 5

    5 gumbel

    4 madden

    3 musberger

    2 collinsworth

    1 chris berman (whhhooooooopp) thats annoying me

    i think one more thing i wanna know is like espn has the worst football staff cbs has marino and sharpe and esiason

    fox has bradshaw howie long and collinsworth

    then espn merrill hodge sean salsbury and ron jaworski what the hell

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Collinsworth is at #3 on my ratings. #2 Gumble and #1 Kornheiser. All are really bad and annoys the crap out of me.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yessssssssssss!!! But You can put him along with the other loong line of Terrible announcers on ESPN...and NFL Network, because they allllllllllllll are horrible. I can't bare to listen.

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