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Daryl_Slinn
21-12-2015
I wonder if Cadle has been suspended for peddling his book on the Thanksgiving Night shows.... conflict of interest, it does seem strange that they have given him time off for a few weeks at the crucial part of the season with no mention via social media as to why he is actually missing.
ThomasStirk
21-12-2015
SKY should do the sensible thing and hire Nat Coombs for there NFL coverage no1 wants to hear a 60 year old Kevin Cadle mumble for 6 and a half hours
kevthelutonbee
22-12-2015
Originally Posted by ThomasStirk:
“SKY should do the sensible thing and hire Nat Coombs for there NFL coverage no1 wants to hear a 60 year old Kevin Cadle mumble for 6 and a half hours”

But only if Mike Carlson comes with him. Listened to them on R5L for the first time the other night. It was like Channel 4 except without pictures
Jack1
23-12-2015
Originally Posted by ThomasStirk:
“SKY should do the sensible thing and hire Nat Coombs for there NFL coverage no1 wants to hear a 60 year old Kevin Cadle mumble for 6 and a half hours”

Nat isn't overly amazing so I'm not sure Sky need to reach out to him, I agree they can do better then Cadle.
Staffs Steve
24-12-2015
Week 16 Commentary Line Up's

Fri 01:25 - San Diego @ Oakland - NFLNET - Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Tracy Wolfson.
Sun 01:25 - Washington @ Philadelphia - NFL NET - Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Evan Washburn.
Sun 18:00 - New England @ NY Jets - CBS - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn.
Sun 21:25 - Green Bay @ Arizona - Fox - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews.
Mon 01:30 - NY Giants @ Minnesota - NBC - Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya.
Tue 01:30 - Cincinnati @ Denver - ESPN - Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters.

In America Fox have the doubleheader with Carolina @ Atlanta and Green Bay @ Arizona being the primary games. CBS have the single match with New England @ NY Jets as the primary game. SNF has been flexed once again. Pittsburgh @ Baltimore which was originally slated for SNF now kicks off at 18:00 and has regional coverage on CBS. Coverage maps can be found at http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2015&wk=16.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish the forum moderators and all of the Digital Spy community a very happy Christmas.
Ads
25-12-2015
Originally Posted by Staffs Steve:
“Week 16 Commentary Line Up's

Fri 01:25 - San Diego @ Oakland - NFLNET - Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Tracy Wolfson.
Sun 01:25 - Washington @ Philadelphia - NFL NET - Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Evan Washburn.
Sun 18:00 - New England @ NY Jets - CBS - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn.
Sun 21:25 - Green Bay @ Arizona - Fox - Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews.
Mon 01:30 - NY Giants @ Minnesota - NBC - Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya.
Tue 01:30 - Cincinnati @ Denver - ESPN - Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Lisa Salters.

In America Fox have the doubleheader with Carolina @ Atlanta and Green Bay @ Arizona being the primary games. CBS have the single match with New England @ NY Jets as the primary game. SNF has been flexed once again. Pittsburgh @ Baltimore which was originally slated for SNF now kicks off at 18:00 and has regional coverage on CBS. Coverage maps can be found at http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2015&wk=16.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish the forum moderators and all of the Digital Spy community a very happy Christmas.”

Rare for Monday Night Football to get the best game but they seem to have it his time
ThomasStirk
27-12-2015
No Cadle for the 3rd straight week think we won't see him again now
TheSubaru2012
27-12-2015
RedZone is on SS5 at 6pm for those who want to see it!
Jack1
27-12-2015
Originally Posted by ThomasStirk:
“No Cadle for the 3rd straight week think we won't see him again now”

Guessing by this he's coming back for the playoffs

http://i66.tinypic.com/28tjtk2.jpg
ThomasStirk
27-12-2015
Don't want Cadle back that women has been good in his role
WhoAteMeDinner
28-12-2015
Not a Sky subscriber, but have seen the last few FTA games shown on Sky Two and Pick.
The very attractive American lady is a big improvement on that Cadle chap.

To the people who want "Big Mike" Carlson on Sky, I think he is a bit of a network television man, just like the late and great Richie Benaud.
Wallasey Saint
28-12-2015
Looking to week 17 SNF, the week 17 schedule isn't that great, few teams still with division or a wildcard playoff berth to be decided, but only Vikings at Packers playing each other to win the division, however both teams are already guaranteed a playoff berth, guess that will be SNF matchup.
Staffs Steve
31-12-2015
Week 17 games and commentary teams.

Sun 18:00 - NY Jets @ Buffalo - CBS - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn.
Sun 21:25 - Oakland @ Kansas - Fox - Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch, Pam Oliver.
Mon 01:30 -Minnesota @ Green Bay - NBC - NBC - Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya.

No TNF or MNF for week 17. In America both networks finish the season with double header matches. CBS have NY Jets @ Buffalo followed by San Diego @ Denver as their primary games, whilst Fox are showing Washington @ Dallas followed by Seattle @ Arizona as the main matches. On Monday NBC picked the NFC north decider for the final SNF.
Coverage maps can be found at http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2015&wk=17.
Jack1
31-12-2015
Originally Posted by Staffs Steve:
“Week 17 games and commentary teams.

Sun 18:00 - NY Jets @ Buffalo - CBS - Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn.
Sun 21:25 - Oakland @ Kansas - Fox - Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch, Pam Oliver.
Mon 01:30 -Minnesota @ Green Bay - NBC - NBC - Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya.

No TNF or MNF for week 17. In America both networks finish the season with double header matches. CBS have NY Jets @ Buffalo followed by San Diego @ Denver as their primary games, whilst Fox are showing Washington @ Dallas followed by Seattle @ Arizona as the main matches. On Monday NBC picked the NFC north decider for the final SNF.
Coverage maps can be found at http://506sports.com/nfl.php?yr=2015&wk=17.”

Thanks for the update, these certainly aren't the best set of the games we've seen in a while, just hoping the playoffs are a little better.
Bosox
31-12-2015
That late game is a very weird choice. Can only think they have decided they haven't shown KC enough but Week 17 is an odd time to be making up for that. The Denver or Arizona games would have been better choices for me (even the Carolina game has more going for it as far as I can see).
hendero
31-12-2015
Originally Posted by Bosox:
“That late game is a very weird choice. Can only think they have decided they haven't shown KC enough but Week 17 is an odd time to be making up for that. The Denver or Arizona games would have been better choices for me (even the Carolina game has more going for it as far as I can see).”

San Diego at Denver and TB at Carolina could be blowouts, but agreed on Seattle at Arizona, that at least has two playoff teams. I suppose the Cardinals were just on Sky last week, and maybe they figure Seattle has virtually nothing to play for.
Gray77
31-12-2015
I read some of the nonsense spouted on the NFLUK Forum and worry that Sky actually listen to it. It's full of 'why can't my team be on?' and 'not them again!' rubbish which enforces the view that Sky have to show everyone's team and not focus on the same teams over and again. I disagree with that theory wholeheartedly. Sky should show the biggest games, with the best teams, regardless of whether they were on the previous week or if they are playing another big game the week after.

Seattle at Arizona is the biggest game in the late slot. Seattle can get the #5 seed potentially and get a play off game with Washington, and Arizona can still get the #1 seed if Carolina lose. Oakland at KC baffles me.
Ads
31-12-2015
Its not a particularly strong final day, with so much having been decided already in terms of qualifying for the playoffs.

I agree Sky not showing Seahawks/Cardinals is somewhat odd. Fox are treating it as their biggest game, hence sending the lamentable Joe Buck along to commentate on it.
Blokee
01-01-2016
Originally Posted by Ads:
“I agree Sky not showing Seahawks/Cardinals is somewhat odd. Fox are treating it as their biggest game, hence sending the lamentable Joe Buck along to commentate on it.”

Weirdly I really dislike JB on baseball but on the NFL I find him and Troy the second best national team behind only Al and Cris. Buck's biggest issue is he can't convey the excitement when a huge play happens well enough (think the David Tyree catch) but that is his only knock and him and Troy have a very strong rapport.
Ads
01-01-2016
Originally Posted by Blokee:
“Weirdly I really dislike JB on baseball but on the NFL I find him and Troy the second best national team behind only Al and Cris. Buck's biggest issue is he can't convey the excitement when a huge play happens well enough (think the David Tyree catch) but that is his only knock and him and Troy have a very strong rapport.”

I just find him a bit pompous. My favourite pairing is Ian Eagle and Dan Fout. They are miles ahead of CBS's main pairing of Nantz and Simms.
dj999
01-01-2016
but thats the idea of a commentator, when they national coverage have to be excited for both sides.
but when it local commentators, diferent all together
Gray77
01-01-2016
Michaels and Collingsworth are the No.1 duo IMO, and I agree to an extent that Buck is not brilliant on FOX, and to some extent Simms on CBS has his flaws as well. However, I want the games on Sky to be the big national or 'semi national' games in the US.

I want to be watching the games that the majority of America are watching, with the networks No.1 announcing crews. I don't want to be watching regional action just because Sky read some people on NFLUK moaning that Oakland haven't been on enough. If they haven't been on enough it's because they haven't been good enough, because if they were ripping it up they'd be in the national slot more often and have the No.1 announce crews taking their games. Carolina are a prime example of this in 2015. An unfashionable team in a small market, but do the business and FOX will put you in the national slot.

This isn't a 'get all the teams on TV' deal. It's a short 17 week season and the best games should be shown every week, regardless of who is playing in them. Gamepass exists for those who want to watch their team every week when they're not on Sky, and it's not too pricey over the course of 4 months.
Ads
01-01-2016
Originally Posted by Gray77:
“I want to be watching the games that the majority of America are watching, with the networks No.1 announcing crews. I don't want to be watching regional action just because Sky read some people on NFLUK moaning that Oakland haven't been on enough. If they haven't been on enough it's because they haven't been good enough, because if they were ripping it up they'd be in the national slot more often and have the No.1 announce crews taking their games. Carolina are a prime example of this in 2015. An unfashionable team in a small market, but do the business and FOX will put you in the national slot.

This isn't a 'get all the teams on TV' deal. It's a short 17 week season and the best games should be shown every week, regardless of who is playing in them. Gamepass exists for those who want to watch their team every week when they're not on Sky, and it's not too pricey over the course of 4 months.”

I agree that Sky should pick the best games. I would argue that the US networks don't always pick the best match up for their main games though - matches involving Green Bay, the Pats and especially Dallas seem to get the big game treatment, simply due to the size of their fanbases.
Gray77
01-01-2016
Originally Posted by Ads:
“I agree that Sky should pick the best games. I would argue that the US networks don't always pick the best match up for their main games though - matches involving Green Bay, the Pats and especially Dallas seem to get the big game treatment, simply due to the size of their fanbases.”

I completely agree that there is no guarantee that the 'big' games equal the 'best' games, and I agree that Green Bay, Dallas, New England and to a lesser extent NY Giants get alot of late afternoon FOX 'Game of the Week' slots due to their appeal and their guarantee of better TV ratings.

But, alot of those decisions are made by the networks and the NFL before Week 1, and we do see games flexed late in the season to allow for games that may have seemed less important move up into the better time slots for TV.

It's like the Premier League, when Sky will pick games 2 months in advance not really knowing if certain teams will be near the top, and so alot of the big clubs get plum TV spots regardless of whether they're actually playing that well. If we had similar rules to the ones the US networks have then we'd see the likes of Leicester get more of their games moved to Sunday Sky slots to reflect their success so far.

So, at least in the US they can move games around a little bit to reflect changes in teams fortunes, but I think more often than not they get it right in determining which games are the biggest, will attract the most viewers and are the most anticipated by the most people. A few weeks ago Philly at NE was supposed to be the FOX 'Game of the Week', but they moved Buck and Aikman to Carolina at New Orleans instead, reflecting Carolina's importance when arguably Philly-NE would still have rated higher with two huge East coast market teams.

I can't remember too many games this season which Buck and Aikman have done on FOX and thought they should have been at another game. Maybe a couple of Dallas games, but looking back at the games available on those weeks they were still the logical choice from a weak bunch of games IMO. Logically, I would like to think Sky would look at which games FOX and CBS assign their No.1 announcing crews to, and pick those games most weeks unless they clash, if it's a Wembley game week, or on the odd occasion if it's a particularly uninspiring week and they see the benefit of another game.
Alex2606
01-01-2016
Originally Posted by Gray77:
“I read some of the nonsense spouted on the NFLUK Forum and worry that Sky actually listen to it. It's full of 'why can't my team be on?' and 'not them again!' rubbish which enforces the view that Sky have to show everyone's team and not focus on the same teams over and again. I disagree with that theory wholeheartedly. Sky should show the biggest games, with the best teams, regardless of whether they were on the previous week or if they are playing another big game the week after.

Seattle at Arizona is the biggest game in the late slot. Seattle can get the #5 seed potentially and get a play off game with Washington, and Arizona can still get the #1 seed if Carolina lose. Oakland at KC baffles me.”

Originally Posted by Ads:
“Its not a particularly strong final day, with so much having been decided already in terms of qualifying for the playoffs.

I agree Sky not showing Seahawks/Cardinals is somewhat odd. Fox are treating it as their biggest game, hence sending the lamentable Joe Buck along to commentate on it.”

I can kind of see why Sky didn't pick Seattle/Arizona, as Arizona is relying on a Carolina loss, but even with that I would have thought San Diego/Denver would have been higher up on the list than Oakland/KC.

Thank goodness for Redzone!
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