Shake-Up At CBS' "The NFL Today": Marino & Sharpe Out, Tony Gonzalez In

[BNWriter]

Did not see this on the board. Hoping no D-B here.

Shannon Sharpe and Dan Marino will be watching "The NFL Today" next season, according to report on shakeup at CBS.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/shannon-sharpe-dan-marino-tony-gonzalez-major-cbs-173946358--nfl.html

Sorry Marino is going. Don't really have a viewpoint on Sharpe. Wonder what other SJers think. It has been quite a while since there was a change in this show

 

[Michael_ Gee]

They'll be sorry when Gonzalez gets snapped up by Belichick to go to the Pats after Gronkowski gets hurt again in preseason.

 

[LongTimeListener]

That'll make the show 40 percent less unwatchable.

I think I went the entire 2013 season watching them for less than 60 seconds total.

 

[Paynendearse]

Dan Marino has Nutrisystem to fall back on.

 

[JC]

Interesting that they wanted Rex Ryan. We were told by exmediahack that Ryan could not get a studio gig because he hasn't won a ring as a head coach.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Sharpe will be missed. Marino will not.

Gonzalez will be good, but I'm a little surprised at the move.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Interesting that they wanted Rex Ryan. We were told by exmediahack that Ryan could not get a studio gig because he hasn't won a ring as a head coach.

Yeah, if Ryan decides to do TV, there will be a bidding war for his services.

 

[MileHigh]

The words "CBS" and "aggressive" aren't typically in the same sentence. But it went all-out for the Thursday Night package. Was reading a piece last night of how it didn't necessarily offer the most money, but just that it was aggressive from the get-go. Now shaking up it pregame show, which needed to be done a long time ago Change typically comes slowly and methodically at the Tiffany. The past couple of weeks has been anything but that.

 

[Liut]

Sharpe will be missed. Marino will not.

Gonzalez will be good, but I'm a little surprised at the move.

My only problem with Sharpe is his articulation. Maybe he just needs to slow his delivery.

But like LTL, I didn't give the show much of a look this past season.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Sharpe will be missed. Marino will not.

Gonzalez will be good, but I'm a little surprised at the move.

My only problem with Sharpe is his articulation. Maybe he just needs to slow his delivery.

But like LTL, I didn't give the show much of a look this past season.

I rarely watched CBS' pregame show. Marino has always been somewhere between bland and awful. Sharpe's articulation is bad, but he's at least interesting and will speak his mind. He will not be out of work long...

 

[poindexter]

NFL starts for me at 10:00 am pacific on Sundays, not a second before. They could hire Shannon Tweed, and I'm not watching.

 

[Liut]

Sharpe will be missed. Marino will not.

Gonzalez will be good, but I'm a little surprised at the move.

My only problem with Sharpe is his articulation. Maybe he just needs to slow his delivery.

But like LTL, I didn't give the show much of a look this past season.

I rarely watched CBS' pregame show. Marino has always been somewhere between bland and awful. Sharpe's articulation is bad, but he's at least interesting and will speak his mind. He will not be out of work long...

That's what, at times, was frustrating for me because the man is intelligent and, you're right, he will stake a take.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I'm with Poin. I can't remember the last time I watched a network Sunday pregame show. Any network's.

 

[Paynendearse]

Most everyone these days is scrambling to make last-minute fantasy team adjustments than watching pre-game shows.

 

[93Devil]

NFL starts for me at 10:00 am pacific on Sundays, not a second before. They could hire Shannon Tweed, and I'm not watching.

old school

 

[heyabbott]

NFL starts for me at 10:00 am pacific on Sundays, not a second before. They could hire Shannon Tweed, and I'm not watching.

When RedZone is on, I'm there. There hasn't been a pregame show worth a damn since Brent, Irv, Phyllis, Jimmy and Jack Whitaker

Watch this for how was done in the good old days

 

[Riptide]

It's a sad day for purple suits and ties.

 

[poindexter]

When RedZone is on, I'm there. There hasn't been a pregame show worth a damn since Brent, Irv, Phyllis, Jimmy and Jack Whitaker

Watch this for how was done in the good old days

But where's all the yucks, the huge laughter, the Hot Sports Takes?

 

[Mark2010]

Interesting that they wanted Rex Ryan. We were told by exmediahack that Ryan could not get a studio gig because he hasn't won a ring as a head coach.

Yeah, if Ryan decides to do TV, there will be a bidding war for his services.

I thought Ryan was still coaching. Did he get fired?

Never thought all that much of Marino or Sharpe. Boomer Esiason is usually better. These shows might be better if they got some newspaper reporters and fewer ex-jocks.

 

[poindexter]

Good god, the Met had the worst sight lines in the history of the NFL.