Al Michaels Getting Lauded For What He Said Last Night
99¢ for 2 months Perused Presently SPORTS Al Michaels Getting Lauded For What He Said Final Night BY ANDREW MCCARTY ATHLON SPORTS Overhauled NOVEMBER 08, 2024 8:
07 AM Incredible broadcaster Al Michaels – like lovely much each other NFL fan – has seen sufficient. Amid Thursday night’s amusement between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, Michaels freely called out Clete Blakeman’s directing group after the Bengals fizzled on a two-point transformation, which fair so happened to incorporate two partitioned missed calls. Within the last seconds of the amusement, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow found star wide collector Ja’Marr Chase on a 5-yard landing. Cincinnati made the striking choice to go for two focuses and maintain a strategic distance from an extra minutes period, which numerous thought the Tampa Narrows Buccaneers ought to have done Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Perhaps watching Patrick Mahomes end the game without the Buccaneers touching the ball was fresh in the minds of the Bengals coaching staff. They didn’t want the same thing to happen to them with Lamar Jackson, who was doing his usual NFL MVP stuff. During the two-point conversion, officials missed an obvious roughing the passer penalty on Ravens defensive tackle Travis Jones who hit Burrow directly in the facemask. As if that wasn’t enough, officials also missed a blatant hold on tight end Mike Gesicki.
The missed calls drew the ire of Michaels. “Too many games end this way; they just do,” Michaels said. “You miss calls. The whole thing. So frustrating for the fans. So frustrating.”
The football world was glad he said something. “S/o to Al Michaels for saying it. We shouldn’t be talking about officiating after a game like that, and too often we are. I have sympathy for the officials. The game is SO fast and hard to decipher from the ground. NFL can fix a lot of this by further empowering Replay Assist,” NFL reporter Albert Breer said. “Al Michaels be monotone as hell on the call these days, but he’s also cooking the officials. He might’ve lost his fastball, but he’s added a curveball,” added another. “Al Michaels all over it. Absolutely horrendous job missing 2 calls on 2 point conversion. Just cannot happen. Playoff implications. Windows closing. Pathetic,” offered a third.
Michaels receives criticism for his lack of enthusiasm during every game, whether or not he deserves it. This time, he’s getting some love – and he’s right on with his comments
