"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"Fitz (Ryan Fitzpatrick) is good. Andrew Whitworth is good. It's top to bottom -- maybe Tony Gonzalez is the weak link, I mean, he's fine -- but top to bottom it's a great broadcast."
Even with the ratings dip, Thursday Night Football was stilly easily the top-rated program of the evening. Law & Order: SVU was second place with 5.5 million viewers.
New things are scary. But if you're watching literally all your television through a streaming platform, the amount of consternation I saw last week was embarrassing.
Giannotti then noted he went to a bar to watch the first half of the game, but noted as soon as the pregame began, the splitter being used by the bar to stream to multiple TVs no longer worked.
"If ESPN Radio wanted to make the strongest statement possible about its commitment to the platform, there may not have been a better option available at this moment than bringing Mike Golic home. Sometimes the smartest move isn't chasing what's next. It's recognizing the value of what already worked."
"I'm saddened that it's often the largest media companies — those that rely on creative content and entertainment — that repeatedly eliminate the very people who helped build those organizations into the giants they have become."