The Third Shift

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scottfriday:

“dude” and “fuck” and “you”.

No. Very much no. Wasn’t Suh’s “bringing nothing to the table” awkwardness at hafltime this past weekend enough? (Though on the plus side, it does look like he’d only be there for halftime, which is easy enough to mute, and not actually in the booth going “wow, both these quarterbacks have a much better throwing motion than I do.”)

Why? Just because CBS can? I’ve never understood the compulsion to have more people in the studio. NBC’s Football Night in America crew, whatever its faults, got tons better when it slimmed down to just Dan Patrick, Tony Dungy, and Rodney Harrison. (You may feel free to disagree; I don’t always like the combination but it’s better without Costas, Olbermann, and all the extra crap.)

This is, like everything, else a ratings ploy. It’s not about telling us anything about football. The only show that does that is NFL Matchup on ESPN, and that’s consigned to the offensively early hours of the morning.