How is Greg Olsen on the Fox 1 team?

[G2]

I knew you'd be back. Lol.

Guess what side I'm picking?

 

[JoeKing]

Lil' Baby Kay Kay and Olsen are both anti-Cowboys and Rangers. They do their jobs well but when offering personal opinions it's always negative toward these two Texas-based teams.

 

[atlantacowboy]

He kinda inherited the spot when ESPN snagged Aikman and Buck for MNF. He is not bad but I think fox is needing an infusion of talent.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

Had it been the reverse, it'd be PROOF the refs were out to get us. But since we benefited then it's time to downplay it and blame broadcasters for pointing it out, lol.

We definitely got some calls our way no doubt and that's exactly my point. We've been on the other end and I've never heard the announcers harp on it so much, especially not to the point where they're bringing in Blandino.

 

[EGTuna]

Two things are true:

1. Olsen and Burkhart are very good
2. It still doesn’t feel like a big game when they are the announcers compared to other #1 broadcast teams past and present.

 

[Rockport]

He’s a good analyst. He went a little overboard early. You either love the Cowboys or hate them and he definitely falls in the latter category, but I enjoy his analysis.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Had it been the reverse, it'd be PROOF the refs were out to get us. But since we benefited then it's time to downplay it and blame broadcasters for pointing it out, lol.

we've had less contact called on us

 

[VaqueroTD]

Two things are true:

1. Olsen and Burkhart are very good
2. It still doesn’t feel like a big game when they are the announcers compared to other #1 broadcast teams past and present.

Agree and agree. They have good chemistry now. Was surprised how much they had improved together. And I don't think anyone will ever replace the Madden/Summerall or Cosell/Meredith/Gifford dynamic. Those days are gone. Not necessarily because today's announcers are worse. Just think it was a different ballgame when there were only a few channels and NFL was a bigger event every week.

 

[nightrain]

The booth commentary has been bad for quite some time now. It is what it is.

 

[DoctorChicken]

I really like Greg. I like his insight.

 

[Gorgon]

People here complain about Aikman and many announcers. Personally, I think Aikman is pretty unbiased when it comes to the Cowboys. Same with others like Collinsworth. The one big announcer who frequently makes me feel like he has an axe to grind with Dallas is Olsen.

He will frequently just belabor points that are anti-Cowboys. This was an example yesterday.

I agree that in general, Olsen is pretty good. If I watch a non Cowboys game with him calling it, he is one of the more intelligent guys.

Don't mind Olsen. Never understood why the nets didn't elevate Bob Trumpy more. I thought he was great. My beef with Aikman isn't that he is anti-Dallas. It's that he adds so little. He begins every single comment with "You're right, Joe."

 

[Cowboys5217]

I listen to Sham & Laufenberg on the radio instead of the TV announcers.

 

[calicowboy54]

I'm not sure if it's just me or if anyone else noticed how much this broadcast group kept driving the point that Dallas was benefiting from calls? How these 2 are Fox's #1 group is beyond me.

Good question i thought Brady was coming over to replace Akiman and buck

 

[Mac_MaloneV1]

I would agree with him on the first drive for the illegal contact call that extended a drive, other than that I really don’t remember a ton of invalid calls.

That's a game-changing call though, and a flag that they should absolutely never throw.

 

[VaqueroTD]

I listen to Sham & Laufenberg on the radio instead of the TV announcers.

I used to stream local radio while watching the national broadcast to get myself the hometown perspective.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I don’t get it either because Moose is far better. I think they just wanted a younger guy maybe his spot is being held for a younger guy who’s going to retire but yeah he’s not bad just not good. Sometimes even a chore to listen to.

I’m really shocked Jonathan Vilma isn’t higher up I couldn’t stand him as a player but he sounds good when I hear him.

 

[foofighters]

I'm not sure if it's just me or if anyone else noticed how much this broadcast group kept driving the point that Dallas was benefiting from calls? How these 2 are Fox's #1 group is beyond me.

He's one of the best out there. Seriously, besides Romo, there's no one else really. After them it's Johnson and Aikman. Those two are ok. Everyone else is horrible.

 

[maryquality]

I don’t get it either because Moose is far better. I think they just wanted a younger guy maybe his spot is being held for a younger guy who’s going to retire but yeah he’s not bad just not good. Sometimes even a chore to listen to.

I’m really shocked Jonathan Vilma isn’t higher up I couldn’t stand him as a player but he sounds good when I hear him.

I agree with you. I like Moose much better....and not just because he's an ex Dallas player. He's very smart and I think provides good analysis.

 

[Carson]

I don’t think what he said was wrong.

I felt like the hands to the face call was more egregious than the Lewis no call.

He was just saying if you call one call the other.

We complained about the same thing against Arizona. They called OPI on Lamb before half, but picked up the flag for DPI on Gallup.

 

[Proof]

not a greg olsen fan. nothing to do with the cowboys, just find hm grating.