From Newsweek · Michael Gallagher · · 1m 20s
Troy Aikman's sloppy analysis draws fire from Dan Le Batard
The ESPN Monday Night Football broadcaster faced criticism for repetitive, lazy commentary during the Chiefs-Broncos game.
In brief
The ESPN Monday Night Football broadcaster faced criticism for repetitive, lazy commentary during the Chiefs-Broncos game. Even top-tier sports broadcasters face intense scrutiny for analytical lapses, and Aikman's recent performance shows how quickly credibility can be questioned. Originally reported by Newsweek.
Aikman and Buck lead ESPN's booth
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck are the voices of ESPN's Monday Night Football, recognized as one of the industry's top broadcasting duos.
Aikman criticized for lazy analysis
During Monday's Chiefs-Broncos Week 1 matchup, Aikman's commentary was so noticeably poor that radio personality Dan Le Batard called him out for egregious gaffes.
Repetitive praise becomes the problem
Le Batard highlighted how Aikman repeatedly used the phrase "as good as anyone in football" to describe Denver players, using the same lazy construction at least 14 times in just the first quarter.
“"Is this what's happening here, where it's just, everyone in this game and the next game and every one Aikman does is as good as anyone in football?"”
Examples of Aikman's repetitive commentary
Le Batard listed instances including "Denver roster is as deep as any in football," "Pat Bryant had as good a camp as anyone," and "Denver has as deep a wide receiver room as anyone."
“"The Denver roster is as deep as any in football."”
Aikman joins criticized broadcasters
Other top broadcasters like Cris Collinsworth, Al Michaels, Tom Brady, and Tony Romo face regular criticism for hot takes and errors, and Aikman has now joined that group.
What to remember
Even top-tier sports broadcasters face intense scrutiny for analytical lapses, and Aikman's recent performance shows how quickly credibility can be questioned.
