The NFL is so important in the United States that there are rankings for everything. This includes, and often with heated debates, which are the best broadcasting duos, especially this season when Tom Brady made his debut as a commentator and was promoted to FOX’s “A” team.
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Precisely Brady along with play-by-play announcer Kevin Burkhardt will be in charge of the broadcast of Super Bowl LIX, which will take place in New Orleans on Sunday, February 9th.
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The level of TB12 has been under strong scrutiny, and while he has improved in the playoffs, he is still far from first place.
These are the top five NFL game broadcasting duos on American television.
5. Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady (FOX)
While Burkhardt may not be brilliant and sometimes his stories can be flat, until last year he was part of one of the most outstanding duos on television thanks to his good complement with analyst Greg Olsen, who was considered the best alongside Troy Aikman.
But with Brady's arrival, to whom FOX will pay $375 million over 10 years, Olsen was demoted to the "B" team and Burkhardt had to start from scratch with the quarterback who won seven Super Bowls.
Brady, who also faces severe restrictions in his NFL duties due to his ownership involvement with the Raiders, is being questioned for not sharing all his quarterback expertise in his comments.
Anyway, in the NFC final between the Eagles and Commanders, he had the best game of his short career.
4. Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit (Amazon Prime)
Michaels is 60 years on the microphone and is one of the best announcers in the history of the United States, including the famous United States vs. USSR game in the final phase of ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He is also the announcer with the most Super Bowls alongside Pat Summerall.
All that experience translates into a friendly transmission, far from stridency, and tells what it sees without exaggerating.
The problem is that Herbstreit, who in addition to his duties for Thursday night games on Amazon is the main commentator for college football on ESPN on Saturday nights, is not always at the same level as Al Michaels even though they have been working together for three years.
3. Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth (NBC)
From 2009 to 2021, Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth were the duo for Sunday night games, but with Tirico now in charge of the commentary, the broadcasts have not missed a beat.
Tirico usually serves as the anchor of balance to Collinsworth's more colorful comments.
2. Jim Nantz and Tony Romo (CBS)
It is very striking how two such different TV personalities can complement each other so well. Nantz has been in this profession for almost 45 years, and he is the balanced voice that helps carry the broadcast, tells the game well, and complements Romo's colorful comments, a former quarterback for the Cowboys, very well.
Romo is the best analyst when it comes to anticipating plays based on the formations he sees on the field.
1. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman (ESPN/ABC)
There are two facts that place Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, by far, as the best broadcasting duo for NFL games: they have been working together for 22 years and Buck can currently be considered the most important play-by-play announcer in the United States, as he has even been in charge of 23 World Series, a record for television.
Aikman, on the other hand, effectively conveys all his knowledge as an NFL quarterback for 12 seasons (where he won three Super Bowls with the Cowboys) and has no problems in making harsh criticisms, even towards the referees for their decisions that favor the Chiefs.
Buck and Aikman were at FOX for 20 years and in 2022 they switched as a team to ESPN.