1. “Fantastic. Seat me. However I’ll make it as onerous as… so that you can sit with me.”
That was Fox NFL analyst Greg Olsen the SI Media podcast Simply over a month in the past once we talked about presumably changing Tom Brady within the sales space each time the legendary quarterback retires.
Two weeks into the NFL playoffs, Olsen is clearly going to make it tough for Fox to bench him.
Though we’re working with a small pattern of video games, Olsen has had an ideal postseason and is poised to realize extra viewers due to this yr’s Fox broadcast of the Tremendous Bowl.
Olsen actually confirmed his chops within the last three minutes of the Niners’ victory over the Cowboys on Sunday. Most analysts fail late in video games, as a result of they do not perceive clock administration and timeout technique. In the meantime, Olsen could not be extra of all of it.
Because the Cowboys hit their last run of the sport, Olsen, after ending close to midfield, identified that although Dallas tight finish Dalton Schultz acquired out of bounds, the clock hadn’t stopped, as a result of he wasn’t transferring ahead when he hit. margin. Olsen additionally referred to as on Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and the Dallas gamers to not do extra earlier than a late punt to avoid wasting time on the clock. And at his best second, Olsen identified that McCarthy wanted to name his timeouts earlier than, not after the two-minute warning—a training method most NFL analysts (and coaches) fault with.
Whether or not somebody enjoys a broadcaster is totally private. My two essential standards for anybody within the sales space are (1) don’t disturb me; (2) Get the technique proper. Olsen is 2 for 2.
It is also simply tremendous simple listening. He does not go overboard, he does not attempt to act like the gang is silly and he is a footballing genius who is not afraid to criticize gamers and coaches.
If something, I might like to see somewhat extra character out of Olsen. At one level within the Dallas-San Francisco match, Olsen’s associate, Kevin Burkhart, revealed that Olsen had been belting out some Rihanna songs throughout one in every of their automobile journeys over the weekend. I used to be very curious to listen to which Rihanna songs Olsen was jamming. I additionally wished to listen to Olsen drop just a few bars, however I can perceive why that could be an excessive amount of for some viewers.
This is the wild factor about Olsen: He is solely been doing this for 2 seasons. Tony Romo was a lead analyst for six seasons. Chris Collinsworth was a lead analyst for 20 years and Troy Aikman was a lead analyst for 21 seasons. Olsen is superb already, and he is solely going to get higher.
That is the place Brady’s dilemma comes into play. If GOAT decides he is performed with soccer, he has a $375 million contract with Fox that invitations him to develop into its senior analyst.
Will Olsen’s look power Fox to go together with a three-person cabin? Can fox put brady within the studio and make him part of Fox NFL Sunday?
I feel at this level, Fox goes to need to have Brady on board with Burkhardt and Olsen. If Fox demotes Olsen, who has develop into a fan favourite, to Brady, the community will arrange Brady to face main backlash.
This is what Olsen additionally needed to say throughout that SI Media podcast look:
“Fox believed in me greater than some other community. Among the different networks, we type of danced round, and there was some curiosity, however no person like Fox. So I solely have positives to say about my complete expertise with the individuals at Fox. I hope to work with them over the subsequent 20 years.” Subsequent yr. I simply hope he is with the A crew.”
It is onerous to think about at this level, particularly if he had an ideal Tremendous Bowl, that Fox might pull Olsen off the A-list crew.
2. Dak Prescott was the topic of a number of scathing tweets Sunday after he threw two interceptions in Dallas’ loss to San Francisco together with from the COWBOYS social media group!
3. I used to be shocked extra wasn’t made Sunday about save Robbie Gould saving his group’s lead within the fourth quarter by by chance turning his physique into Cowboys kick returner KaVontae Turpin, who was on the way in which for a TD. Oddly sufficient, this was the “therapy” that introduced Turbine down.
4. You understand the previous adage “the wager does not pay out”? Do not inform that to this man who turned $5 into over $72,000 this weekend by appropriately predicting the primary landing scorer in all 4 video games.
5. Is that this a approach for Travis Kelsey to deal with one of the best quarterback within the NFL?
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