If you watched the first Sunday Night Football game of the 2022 season, the lasting impression may be the number of injuries, including Dak Prescott, Mike Evans, and Chris Godwin. More likely though, it was Cris Collinsworth’s voice that you remember.
Collinsworth had either lost his voice before the game or was in the process of losing it during the game. Whichever is the case, the sports media noticed.
There were two common reactions. A few expressed admiration or concern, noting that Cris Collinsworth’s voice may be hard to ignore, but the fight he was putting up should not be ignored.
The more common reaction though was jokes.
For the record, Mike Tirico explained during the game that while his voice was strained, Collinsworth was not ill. He joked that “my man is playing hurt.”
With plenty of time to sit in silence until September 18, if that is what he wants, Cris Collinsworth’s voice should be back in game shape for Week 2’s Sunday Night Football contest in Buffalo.
