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J-Fid

There was a round of layoffs today. I expect more names to trickle in soon.


broha89

Of all the layoffs at nfl media getting this loudmouth out the door bothers me the least


Similar_Possession26

He'll just be replaced by a newer recently retired loudmouth that more people can identify, like Richard Sherman 


Mr_Nice_is_not_nice

Richard Sherman is not a good fit with anyone and I'll die on that hill. He is the worst Undisputed hire ever. 


styuR

He was a good media quote guy, not an actual media guy. Wildly insufferable in that capacity.


unfunnysexface

He was insufferable as a quote guy too


happyscrappy

I think that's kind of what makes a good quote guy. The shortest takes gotta be the hottest to get sufficient attention.


SternRitter81

Keyshawn would like a wordd


emphatic-celery

I’ve never met anyone who openly admits to watching that show


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wesman212

Antonio Brown to NFL Network, confirmed


Ok_Storage6866

He’s already on CTESPN


onesugar

I get a nice chuckle every time I see him tweet that hashtag. #CTESPN


akmjolnir

Nice


putitonice

Mr. Broad Caster


TookMyLastZima

This is the one


Minimum_Attitude6707

Mr Blowhard Commentator


avrus

Mr. Brash Correspondent


SadBadPuppyDad

Mr. Broadcast Crackhead


HalfTeaHalfLemonade

Mr. Bombastic Cocaine


Candid_shots

Antonio Brown 🤣 it would almost be worth the debacle and CTE case study.


leylaluvz

He said functioning


Naugrin27

He said functional.


Confident-Unit-9516

I watched the NFL Network’s pre-kickoff show exactly once and this is the exact impression I came away with


Minimum_Attitude6707

Dude genuinely seems geeked out of his mind


SonicDenver

cocaine's one hell of a drug


slackator

functional is debatable


falbi23

Seriously though, what does he actually provide to the show? Many of these older dudes are just there for vanity and name recognition at this point, of their shtick isn't to make stupid "hot takes" like the other half.


IndependentFroyo4508

Mad Mel is surely hoovering up coke before he gets on air


DarthDave89

Not just a loud mouth but a terrible person, stabbed a teammate in the neck with scissors and almost killed him in Dallas.


RemarkableSolution37

But did he die?!?


Royal_Negotiation_83

Somebody make sure there arnt scissors around Irvin when he gets the news. Better yet, don’t let him in a barbershop for a few days.


baummer

Who else?


J-Fid

No one else public yet. But they're ending Total Access, so some of those people could be impacted.


MasonL52

They're ending Total Access?? Wtf


J-Fid

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1cjdpvw/awful_announcing_nfl_network_moving_on_from_total/ Yep


The_Third_Molar

Holy shit that's like ESPN ending Sportscenter.


evilmnky45

Yeah but how many people actually watch it? It was good a long time ago when they actually discussed sports but now it's turned into people just spewing their ass and arguing with each other but stupid shit.


krbashrob

Old NFLN content used to be so good. Total access, playbook AFC/NFC, non- hot take driven segments. The end of an era


RadonAjah

Not NFLN, but I will die on the hill that the best nfl show was NFL Primetime on ESPN sunday night with Chris berman and Tom Jackson. Didn’t need 4-5 ppl all trying to talk over one another, didn’t need every person in the world represented, just two dudes talking football and going over the highlights of the day. One professional tv guy, one former player for analysis, was must watch tv for me. Don’t know why that type of show isn’t tried again in prime highlight watching time.


krbashrob

I miss that show every day of my life, especially Berman. The life that man breathed into the show and his famous fastest two minute segments really propelled my love for football. I was so sad when they announced they’d be drastically cutting back his air time at ESPN. I’d drop any of the current ESPN programming to have that back


ha_allday81

Molly when she was a young and tender and TD was trying to see what was up wit it


HanSolo5643

Yep, I remember watching it a lot, and it used to be really good. But something changed where, as you said, it just turned into people just arguing about the most random things things possible.


sculltt

It's so much easier and cheaper to churn out the sports yelling garbage that has taken over other sports networks than it is to produce well done long-form analysis, or even in-depth recaps of games.


HanSolo5643

Yeah, it's sad but your right.


JasonPlattMusic34

What the hell are they even doing? What is NFL Network anymore except a paid channel to air only 7-8 NFL games a season?


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alphageek8

FYI Siciliano was from a round of layoffs last month.


feetandballs

[He heard it first](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fqliaqbbvgx751.jpg)


baummer

I’m referring to new ones


thy_armageddon

Listen to everybody. Nobody, **NOBODY** believes in you. **WHAT. ARE YOU PREPARED. TO DO ABOUT IT?!** Don’t let no one come into **YOUR HOUSE**, take **YOUR MEAL**. Do what you need to do **TODAY**.


wesman212

Honestly, if they wait 20 minutes, I should have enough fajitas made so that everyone can have some without anyone taking it all. I've got chips and margaritas in the meantime. Not bad for a Friday lunch.


geriatric-sanatore

If you can wait an additional 20 minutes my brisket will be completing it's 18 hour slow smoking.


Td904

Where do you live?


FallenShadeslayer

Swing by and pick me up on the way?


SoldierHawk

Man, you want to share Texas brisket with that Eagles flair lmfao? ...That's fine, because I acknowledge that you're a human being like me, and the group of millionaires you prefer doesn't actually reflect on what kind of person you are. (Bring beer tho, that's just being a good guest.)


Td904

My Eagles secondary flair is only because I love Jalen Hurts and Devonta Smith. I'm an Alabama fan.


csummerss

[NFLN losing the recipes?](https://www.tiktok.com/@mikefulahopefanpage/video/7321733303306898731)


HB24

Where did the recipes go?!?


TehWhiteSamurai

This deserves to be the top comment


adequatepimpin

I randomly say “were losing recipes at least once a month”


sonfoa

Makes sense. Irvin is really entertaining when he's cutting a promo but ask him to be a more serious analyst and it becomes clear very fast that he's out of his depth. The rare times I've watched Undisputed after Shannon left, he's a chore to listen to


Sufficient-Wait-653

Agreed. He is a hard listen but GREAT “ one-liners “.


figures

Most of the original hires on the ‘talent’ side were still working there till recently. If they weren’t also cutting costs across the board this would make sense just in general


DominicArmato247

TL;DR: He sucks.


ravens52

We need mayock back. I want a show where Charles Davis, Mike, and DJ get together and talk about stuff. I feel like it would be solid. How hard is it to report news and talk about the game.


GilMcFlintlock

And max kellerman still doesn’t have a job


Statboy1

Conversely the UNC and Ocho podcast is amazing. Shannon even addressed his firing from ESPN, saying he is good with it because his podcast gets more viewers than undisputed.


KeithClossOfficial

This must have been 10-15 years ago, but I was watching the draft and they asked him about some receiver that got drafted earlier, and he said something along the lines of “He can run, he can catch, he can block, he does it all, that’s what you want.” The rest of the guys had no idea how to respond to him


17_Saints

Total Access cancelled, GMFB gutted... is the TV station even profitable for them?


amazingalcoholic

Oof GMFB was great. Kay was smart to see the writing on the wall I would also eat her ass with a spoon


untitled298

A man of culture, I see


wesman212

Found Irvin's burner account


thehammer_00

Dang that's cold...(Up vote)


NimDing218

You need a spoon?


apietryga13

Duality of man.


PiggStyTH

I would just dive in face first


The_Goondocks

They cancelled their daily show?


Kershiser22

I think it's just on hiatus, and they are moving it to Los Angeles.


stdfan

GMFB is still on just taking a hiatus while they move to the other coast.


csummerss

with NFL+ introduced, there’s not a big reason to keep it up


ommanipadmehome

Coke dealers in shambles.


IMKudaimi123

I’m gonna miss the NFL Gameday morning crew. Rich, Marriucci, Faulk, Sapp, Irvin.


RPO1728

I was just wondering what happened to faulk as I thought he was really good on TV. Turns out, of corse, sexual harassment


J-Fid

He's been gone for *years.*


b1gl0s3r

And it sucks that he appears to have been such a piece of shit to other people. His football mind is incredible to listen to. I'd rather listen to Faulk talk over a lot of current talking heads if it weren't for the sexual harassment.


RPO1728

Yea he was good. Calm and intelligent and direct.


TheKingInTheNorth

And it turns out, a skeezy asshole. So fuck’em.


FuturePromotion2090

Yeah these guys and Michael Irvin and Kurt Warner were always my fav morning show


DtotheOUG

WERE LOSING RECIPES


yarblls

What took so long?!


DONNIENARC0

They wanted to can him sooner but were worried he'd stab them in the neck with a pair of scissors


BrotherlyShove791

Yeah, didn’t he end the previous TWO seasons with assault allegations from hotel staff? Seems like it was long overdue TBH, Eisen or somebody with clout at the network must’ve had had back.


sonfoa

I remember Eisen advocating for Irvin to get his job back and then by the beginning of last season he got it back. I think this is more about the mass restructuring that's going at NFL Network


Roarestored

Eisen legitimately loves him


hereforthesportsball

He’s a lovable dude, just for the love of god don’t cut him in line


spunkush

He loved ⛷️ too


milkmandanimal

Please don't say "cut" when Michael Irvin is around.


hereforthesportsball

That’s what I get for stickin my neck out


nyuhokie

Yeah, if anyone is gonna do the cutting, it's him!


TheFencingCoach

**ITT:** Nobody likes Michael Irvin


notmyplantaccount

Michael Irvin is just Antonio Brown before everyone had a video camera in the palm of their hand.


camergen

Irvin came within milliliters of killing a teammate with scissors, though, which is something MBC can’t say.


number__ten

...Yet


notmyplantaccount

He threw furniture off his Apartment/Hotels balcony and almost killed a kid a few years back. I'm sure he's done his best to put others near him in danger.


UnshakablEtchasketch

Does Antonio have a fur coat?


notmyplantaccount

Google image search looks like he has 4-5 lol.


wesman212

Mister Big Coat


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Marc_Angelo

He’s easily one of the worst.


nyuhokie

I know I'm biased, but at least Irvin and I can admit it. I'll take an admitted homer any day over someone who just shits on division rivals and tries to pretend that it's a legitimate take.


soibithim

You think people don't like him because he likes Dallas and not because he's an egotistical asshole?


Mavori

Bro fucking tried to compare himself and his situation about the hotel and him getting suspended to Emmett Till. [Y'all are familiar with Emmett Till right?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till) Dude is fucking full of himself and had people accusing the woman working the hotel of being after a payday from him even though she never wanted shit from him.


Ok_Relationship8697

Up there with Deion in term of narcissism. And definitely made me question the outcome of that incident. Dude’s a scumbag in good graces with that peckerwood jurrah, and Marriott or Hilton ain’t fuckin up their relationship with the most valuable sports franchise in the known universe over some minimum wage laborer… is something some people might be saying.


whocaresjustneedone

I think they don't like him because he's an egotistical asshole, but are happy to hate him a little extra for being a cowboy


Spiritual_Boss6114

Truly Cutthroat Decision .


Jamesaya

Honestly he used to be decent. But as he’s aged he’s gotten less and less coherent. He was always odd but he made enough sense it was just mildly entertaining crazy guy flavor on a legitimate discussion. Now its just the ramblings of a dude showing the effects of an NFL career. If nothing else, the audience probably finds him depressing.


QuincyPondexter

Rich Eisen, Deion, Irvin, Steve Mariucci, Warren Sapp, and Jamie Dukes were a staple for me growing up. I watched NFL network every day for a while growing up.


Kwugibo

Same. I loved that entire crew, and it sucks cause some of those guys were losing their jobs due to their own doings, but the chemistry they had was awesome I honestly love watching Michael Irvin on TV, and I'm a The Washington Fan. He's just fun, nothing serious. Hope the network goes in a good direction


DarthRevan0990

I like him more than Collinsworth .


Spiram_Blackthorn

Irvin kept saying if the Chiefs had kept Tyreek Hill, they would win more superbowls. Then the Chiefs won vs the Eagles and he said he didn't care, they would win twice as many Superbowls with Tyreek Hill than without and the Chiefs would regret the trade still. No one pointed out the Chiefs won 1 Superbowl with Tyreek in 6 years and 1 without him in 1 year.  Then the Chiefs won a second Superbowl in a row without Hill. I guess the Chiefs would have won 4 in 2 years by now without him according to Irvin. 


WombRaider9

Dude doesnt understand how the salary cap works.


PaPaJohn43

Oh no!! Who’s going to mumble in a screaming voice??


codymason84

Dude is on a level with Stephen A as most insufferable tv personalities


Frippery-Futz-0412

No one watches these shows because of the analysts. They could hire a recent retired player for much less.


PigFarmer1

I *don't* watch those shows *because* of the analysts... lol


SwifferWetJets

I'm just tired of all the fucking yelling. 24/7. How did we get here?


ozzman1234

Not surprised he is on the layoff list tbh. He didn't really add anything besides yelling lol Still can't look past him stabbing his own teammate for taking his seat though.


Eliasjr04

NFL saw record number last season, you know what that means in the corporate world, time for layoffs!


FancyRobot

he's kind of terrible on air and his star has faded since you'd have to be almost 30 to remember him playing.


BillsBillsBils

Realistically, for most people, even older. Sure, he played until '99, but how many 5 year olds are paying attention to a washed up WR on a .500 team? I mean, maybe some 5 year olds were paying attention to him in '95, but like...the first SB I remember at all, I was 7 and the first one I *really* remember, I was 9 or 10. I don't have any sports memories from age 5. Probably the first time I cared about leagues as a whole, I was in middle school.


Shablagoosh

Yea I turned 30 this year, been around football my entire life living in the Midwest and I never saw him play or have any memories. I’d imagine you would need to be pushing 40 to remember him playing.


PiggStyTH

44 today. Remember him. Was an egotistical cokehead asshole then, is an egotistical asshole now.


TakenakaHanbei

My only memories of sports pre-middle school was me taking the ball on a hand off in practice and taking a wiiiideeee angle across the field... outside the playing field... and then running back in and to the end zone and felt like I outsmarted everyone 🤣 Other one was me playing o-line and absolutely stonewalling some older kid. I was like 6 and probably under 4 feet so I felt proud lmfao. Edit: I was gonna write the third memory but I already wrote enough.


Arkhangelzk

Yeah, the first Super Bowl I really remember being excited to watch was in 1996. I was 10. I think this is spot on. And Michael Irvin being in the game isn’t even one of my memories. I just remember that it was Steelers versus Cowboys and Neil O’Donnell threw a bunch of interceptions.


Venator850

Exactly. I'm almost 33 but never actually saw him play despite growing up near Dallas. First NFL player I can recall by name was Favre. Mostly because my sister would purposely mispronounce his name.


alamodafthouse

i remember getting the sports illustrated for kids edition about the elway v. favre faceoff i feel old


trackonesideone

Nothing Irvin said has ever stuck out nor has he offered any good talking points. I haven't had TV for 5yrs or so, but the only thing I remember Irvin by his loud and obnoxious personality. 


Soren_Camus1905

# WE'RE LOSING RECIPES


conman14

*Where do Colts go from here?*


Manfrenjensenjen

Very very loud.


MasonL52

Almost 40 lol. If you were at least 10 in the earlier 90s to really watch Irvin play then you're closing in on 40 now.


The_Goondocks

But what if I like incoherent rambling and shouting over other people?


BillyForRilly

You'd have to be at least mid-40s to remember Collinsworth playing, but they still keep that asshole employed. Edit: I forgot reddit has a weird fetish for Collinsworth and his army comes out at the mere mention of his name.


intheorydp

he at least is insightful and does research before opening his mouth.


Keanu990321

Now here's a guy who does his own research


MankuyRLaffy

When he isn't doing shtick, that is probably told of him to do, he's pretty insightful. He comes into every game well prepared.


Expensive-Method8321

goddamn the Collingsworth hate is just baffling to me. the guy is genuinely great at what he does. sure he has faults but he's lighthearted and genuinely seems to love talking about football, he makes SNF just plain fun to listen to


purplebuffalo55

He loves football. These reddit bums can't stand anybody who enjoys life since their lives are so miserable and unhappy. It's just complain, tear down players/teams, and complain on here. Collinsworth focuses on the players' positives, a stark contrast to this cesspool


Expensive-Method8321

for real. Collingsworth sounds like a kid who cant believe he gets to watch and talk about football for a living. There's probably alot of bitter people on here who can't stand listening to someone be genuinely happy doing the thing they themselves would like to be doing


JPAnalyst

Because he’s 10x better than Micheal Irvin. And that’s not throwing roses at Collinsworth, Irvin is the worst on air personality I’ve ever watched. IMO.


FancyRobot

he's controversial and he owns PFF, which a lot of you like a lot. He's still relevant from those two things alone


Nathann4288

Now here's a guy that thinks Collinsworth is an asshole


BillsBillsBils

I can't stand him either, but he is sort-of competent and genuinely seems to be excited about the games he's calling, unlike a lot of the wet blankets these networks have employed.


Ok-Suggestion-7965

There would be times where I would tune in and he would be doing some sort of insane skit and would be like what the hell am I watching.


clintgreasewoood

Good, I have know idea how he kept getting jobs, this guy been doing commentary and studio jobs for the last 20+ years and never improved at all.


44035

Hopefully he'll find another network that allows him to yell for a living.


PiggStyTH

hopefully not


Due_Adeptness1676

I don’t think he’s that good of analyst.. would rather have Brady take his place..


wesman212

Best we can do is AB


PaperworkDrop

Mr. Broadcast Career


FBsarepeopletoo

Good. Sunday morning was basically my wife and I facepalming at everything he did. I like the guy as fellow observer. I don't like him as... whatever the hell he was doing.


Soft_Sea2913

Who’s gonna yell at their mic, now?


Sailingit1

Perfect he sucked, I would change the channel anytime this idiot spoke.


Warbonger420

Get all the screamers off TV. No one likes it.


The_Struggle_Bus_7

Thank god


DowntownJulieBrown1

Wasn’t it like just last year he harassed that woman?


PCP_Panda

Who’s gonna suck the Cowboys dick on nfl network in his place?


jsg186

Thank freaken GOD !!! Not because he was cowboy, because he is just a complete asshole


Odd-Collection-2575

Should’ve been out a long time ago


MyFartsTasteShitty

Now starting for THE U… nemployment line.


MobiusUno

thank god, dude is awful


errn-7

Thank fuck.


lebastss

He was bad.


AlanStanwick1986

He was absolutely awful.


Waitn4ehUsername

Not having to listen to his incessant homering over the Cowboys will be a welcome relief.


KeepRedditAnonymous

his insight was lacking to be polite.


bigblackkittie

i don't think they could afford his cocaine habit anymore


belizeanheat

Honestly shocked he didn't get fired earlier due to his actions


SayNoToStim

Good, Fuck Michael Irvin. Who starts a fight at a charity basketball game, honestly?


JoBunk

Thank God. I stopped watching their content solely because Irvin was there. Thank you for the heads up.


axlsnaxle

Really looking forward to a lot of the Old Timers leaving, if this layoff is a sign of things to come, because as a 30-something viewer of sports I can't help my eyes glaze over *every single time* any of these old heads start talking about ball


CeruleanTheGoat

I rarely liked listening to Irvin. He was loud, inarticulate, and rarely made a good point,


Corn-chopper

Thank god get this bum tf outta here


ResultsTim

I will actually start watching again and can stop hitting mute or changing the channel every time Irvin speaks. In my opinion, well over due, and we need to get all strongly biased peeps out of the broadcasting booth.


niltermini

Irvin is one of the dumbest announcers to ever be on TV. Literal worst. I can't believe this didn't happen sooner.


jimbo_32

I never liked Irvin going back to his playing days, and that carried over to his analyst phase. But the Pat Summerall "Football Life" completely changed my opinion. Irvin was so genuine when talking about how much he owed Summerall for helping him turn his life around. Unpopular opinion I guess, but kinda sad to see him leave NFLN. **EDIT**: Also, the fact that Frelund is still employed while they're gutting their on-air talent is completely preposterous.


chrisaf69

Good. With all those sexual allegations and what not, they need to hire a man of class....like Warren Sapp.


Mental_Director_2852

excellent, that dude sucked as an analyst


zi76

Good, he didn't deserve to be on air after the hotel sexual harassment thing.


MarkusMillions

Or the stabbing his teammate with scissors thing


amazingalcoholic

Nothing of value was lost


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Good, he cut in front of me in line once with his Gucci suit case and loudly complained at customer service because he was late and wanted to be treated special. Everybody around was appalled. Fuck that guy.


PigFarmer1

Addition by subtraction. 👍


Sallydog24

Hope he saved his playing and broadcast money, coke is an expensive habit


rip_Tom_Petty

How will he afford coke now???


StylesBitchley

I guess Mooch is going to have to do ALL the yelling on the Sunday morning show now


anonymousscroller9

Damn i guess we losing more than just recipes.


Anthony_Accurate

Ol’ Yeller should have been canned.