one. “Positive. Bench me. However I am gonna make it exhausting as s— so that you can bench me.”
That was Fox NFL analyst Greg Olsen on the YES Media Podcast simply over a month in the past when speaking in regards to the prospect of Tom Brady changing him within the sales space at any time when the legendary quarterback retires.
After two weeks of the NFL playoffs, Olsen is clearly going to make it “exhausting as s—” for Fox to bench him.
Though we’re working with a small pattern of video games, Olsen has had an excellent postseason and has set himself as much as win over much more viewers because of Fox’s airing this yr’s Tremendous Bowl.
Olsen actually confirmed his chops within the final three minutes of the Niners’ win towards the Cowboys on Sunday. Most analysts flop late in video games, as a result of they do not perceive clock administration and timeout technique. Olsen, in the meantime, could not have been extra on prime of all of it.
Because the Cowboys made their remaining drive of the sport, Olsen identified, after a completion close to midfield, that despite the fact that Dallas tight finish Dalton Schultz went out of bounds the clock did not cease, as a result of he wasn’t shifting ahead when he hit the sideline. Olsen additionally took Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and the Dallas gamers to activity for not hustling extra earlier than a late punt to save lots of time on the clock. And in his most interesting second, Olsen identified that McCarthy wanted to name his timeouts earlier than, not after the two-minute warning–a training tactic that almost all NFL analysts (and coaches) get unsuitable.
Whether or not somebody enjoys a broadcaster is totally subjective. My two foremost standards for anybody within the sales space is (1) Do not annoy me; (2) get technique proper. Olsen is 2 for 2.
He is additionally simply an easy hear. He does not overspeak, he does not attempt to act just like the viewers is silly and he is a soccer genius and he isn’t afraid to criticize gamers and coaches.
If something, I would like to see a little bit extra character from Olsen. At one level within the Dallas-San Francisco recreation, Olsen’s associate, Kevin Burkhardt, revealed that Olsen had been belting out some Rihanna songs throughout considered one of their automotive journeys over the weekend. I used to be very curious to listen to which Rihanna songs had Olsen jamming. I additionally would’ve favored to listen to Olsen drop a few bars, however I can perceive why that may have been a bit an excessive amount of for some viewers.
Here is the wild factor about Olsen: He is been doing this for less than two seasons. Tony Romo has been a lead analyst for six seasons. Cris Collinsworth has been a lead analyst for 20 years and Troy Aikman has been a lead analyst for 21 seasons. Olsen is already very, excellent, and he is solely going to get higher.
That is the place the Brady conundrum comes into play. If the GOAT decides he is carried out with soccer, he has a $375 million contract with Fox that requires him to turn out to be his No. 1 analyst.
Will Olsen’s emergency power Fox to go together with a three-person sales space? Might Fox put Brady in studio and make him a part of Fox NFL Sunday?
I believe at this level, Fox must have Brady be a part of Burkhardt and Olsen. If Fox demoted Olsen, who’s turning into a fan favourite, for Brady, the community would arrange Brady to face a serious backlash.
Here is what else Olsen stated throughout that YES Media Podcast look:
“Fox believed in me greater than some other community. A number of the different networks, we sort of danced, and there was some curiosity, however no person like Fox. So I’ve nothing however positives to say about my whole expertise with the folks at Fox. I hope I work with them for the following 20 years. I simply hope it is with the A crew.”
It is exhausting to think about at this level, particularly if he has an awesome Tremendous Bowl, that Fox may pull Olsen from the A crew.
2. Dak Prescott was the topic of many harsh tweets Sunday after throwing two interceptions in Dallas’s loss to San Francisco together with from THE COWBOYS’ OWN SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM!
3. I used to be shocked that extra wasn’t made Sunday about Niners kicker Robbie Gould’s saving his crew’s lead within the fourth quarter by simply casually turning his physique into Cowboys kick returner KaVontae Turpin, who was on his option to a game-tying TD. It is wild that this was the “sort out” that took down Turpin.
4. You recognize the outdated adage, “betting does not pay”? Do not inform that to this man who turned $5 into greater than $72,000 this weekend by appropriately predicting the primary landing scorer in all 4 playoff video games.
5. Is that this any method for Travis Kelce to deal with the very best quarterback within the NFL?
6. The most recent YES Media Podcast encompasses a dialog with former Tremendous Bowl champion and present podcast host Chris Lengthy.
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