Who are the national media types that ARE solid?
 

With so much angst about what the national media thought coming into yesterday's game, it got me wondering about which talking heads ARE worth the time. And I'm not talking about people who are generally Chiefs "fans" at some level like Pete Schrager (or obviously Nick Wright) so much as guys who are actually pretty objective and bring something to the conversation.

I see Chris Simms thrown out a lot, and I've enjoyed what I've watched of him. Rich Eisen seems solid. Who else?

Warren Sharp, Adam Lefkoe are two I like. I learn a lot about the game from listening to Sharp. Lefkoe is more just entertaining.

Simms, Eisen, and Schraeger immediately come to mind

Chris Simms is the best
Pat McAfee is good
Orlovsky is good
Domonique Foxworth is good
MJD is another ex player with a brain

I'll come up w/a couple more but the list is quite short. Most of the ex-players suck and have horrible diction.

For as bombastic as the show is, I do also enjoy Pat McAfee as well. If nothing else, he's at least a tell-it-like-it-is guy rather than someone who chases headlines.

Easily Chris Simms and Rich Eisen.

Dan Patrick is decent, but his first love is clearly basketball

Also agree on Chris Simms. Another guy that I learn things from listening to.

Tom Byrnes Point After Show on Sirius XM on NFL Sunday nights is entertaining.

Brett Kollmann

add Kurt Warner to this list, and that would be mine....

Baldy is definitely solid

It's hard to figure out where to classify Terez Paylor, but I think it's worth mentioning him as well. He's a "fan" of the Chiefs on some level, but I don't feel like he blows smoke up Chiefs fans' asses or anything.

I like Simms and Orlovsky. Clark and Kellerman are solid too.

Some people get annoyed with orlovsky. But I love how geeky he is about the game. I also like baldys breakdowns on Twitter.

Maybe it’s because he’s working with epic dumbshit Skip Bayless, but Shannon Sharpe has become tolerable.

Love Tom Byrne. His Saturday show on SiriusXM is also awesome.

It really is just Chris Simms. And to a lesser degree, Baldinger.

Good point. His handling of the tyreek accusations last year and his reporting on Matt house joining us a few years ago was excellent journalism. Especially with tyreek he showed a level of professionalism most did not.

I thought his podcast with Kelce was solid. Skip could have a five-hour in-depth discussion with Patrick, Kelce, Hill, and Andy, and I wouldn't watch. So until Shannon breaks that partnership....nah. Not gonna watch that.

If nothing else this thread is helping me to flesh out my "national NFL media" list on Twitter, so thanks for that. :)

Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long!

JK. Those guys are the worst. Yet they've been at that job for over 20 years.

Random fact I just learned: the phrase "blowing smoke up their ass" originated from a literal medical practice of blowing tobacco smoke into someone's rectum. ROFL

https://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up...ral-1578620709

Awful as Bradshaw is, I'd still rather listen to that crew than ESPN

Rex Ryan, Bruschi, Hasselbeck and Moss are a JOKE

To echo everyone else, Chris Simms is by far the best.

Like others have mentioned, Ryan Clark, Max Kellerman, Peter Schrager, Dan Orlovsky are all great too.

For us Chiefs fans, Nick Wright as well.

Chris Simms is hands down the best.

If I wasn't a Chiefs fan I'd hate Nick Wright. He has just become insufferable. Of course, he's insufferable in a way I agree with, but still. Dude needs to dial it down a notch and I don't see that happening anytime soon.

My favorite is probably McAfee. Even though he played for the Colts, he seems like a great guy, is informed and entertaining, and has great takes and great stories.

Simms is very good. I like Eisen as well. Like someone else said, Skip is such a complete tool that he makes Sharpe look brilliant, but he's still Sharpe.

I don't like Skip but his takes are not actual analysis, he's just playing a role.

I like watching Skip and Shannon go at each other but it's just junk entertainment. There's absolutely nothing to learn there.

Nick Wright and Danny Parkins was the golden age of KC sports radio. Danny kept that show really strong after taking over for Nick but then left for your city once he got the opportunity (he was always a die hard Chicago fan).

KC sports radio is just complete ass now. Unwashed ass. Just unbearable.

He will forever get a pass for coming on 810 the summer before Mahomes started and predicting exactly what would happen.

His analysis was spot-on. I thought he was being overly optimistic and then three games later mahomes had 10 touchdowns and 0 picks.

I think Shannon gets genuine pleasure from roasting him lol

I haven't actually lived in the KC area since I was a baby, so I basically know nothing about the radio scene except for what I read here.

I generally like all of the radio, talk show, commentators, etc. They don't bother me much either way. I don't go out of my way to seek them or their opinions out so I don't often get upset by them.

The only ones I don't like are the ones with consistently stupid takes that are so obviously hammed up to drive controversy for clicks/views.

Chris Simms is the best Football Analyst out there, IMO. He's the whole package. He's smart, he's engaging and he tells it like it is. I'm a big fan.

I like Dan Orlovsky, Marcus Spears, Ryan Clark on ESPN. Boomer on CBS has always been pretty spot on, while Phil Simms seems to have a bone to pick with the Chiefs(maybe to offset his son). Jimmy Johnson on FOX is about the only one whose opinion I trust on their show. Terry Bradshaw is a moron. Howie Long still hates the Chiefs. Tony is Tony being Tony.

Pat McAfee is fantastic...his show on YouTube is must watch when I can. Eisen is pretty good too. I can't stand any show with Skip Worthless.

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It's really remarkable considering who his dad is.

Ryan Clark really earned some respect from me this year. He was consistently honest about the Steelers being frauds and the Chiefs being elite.

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Lulz

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Cody Tapp is pretty good.

Not a TV guy but my favorite analyst is JT O'Sullivan via his youtube channel "The QB School".
Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheQBSchool

Playlist of most of his Mahomes-related content
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...htjO4RgiCnogaS

Chris Simms is the most knowledgeable.
Dan Orlovsky is Chris Simms Light.
Rich Eisen is just a cool guy.

Maxx Kellerman, Peter Schreager, and Nick Wright are just Chiefs homers and hype men.

The rest are just blabber.

And some HATE the Chiefs. Like Kyle Brandt (curse him for sharing my name), Skip Bayless, That old shithead coach from the pats/browns, etc.

Just watched his designing a gameplan segment, yeah he's pretty cool... thanks for posting

Skip Bayless































ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

Just ****ing with ya's!

A lot of dumbasses out there....

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I agree except for when aaron rodgers comes on

Yep. If the Chiefs have a Patriots type run over the next decade, Wright will quickly make the Chiefs a very hated team.

Epic prank sir!

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^ He's absolutely correct, its gonna be a nonstop Brady blowjob for 2 weeks

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Simms, Sharpe and Kollman are as good as it gets. I can't stand Stephen A. Smith. The guy is awful at talking football. He doesn't know how to analize a game. Every single time he is out there running his loud mouth it's all about this team has this player and that player and their coaching is better and that's that. There is no in-depth analysis of the game like Skip Bayless and Colin Cowherd tend to do. These guys know football and understand the intricacies of the game. Cowherd played QB in high school and Skip has been covering the game since the 80s. Stephen A. on the other hand is straight out trash. He's a basketball writer who worked in Philly a bunch of years. I've known about this fraud way before he became tv famous.

I don’t live in KC either but the radio app is great for keeping tabs on local sports channels. Great while driving etc.

Smith is a Grade A douche.

You have to be a real masochist to live somewhere else and still seek out KC sports talk.

Shannon Sharpe is solid to very solid and I want to kill myself for saying that.

THIS!

I know ESPN mostly sucks but I like Orlovsky and Clark there. I like SVP's postgame interviews which Clark is usually on.. I also enjoy Wilbon and Kornheiser when they do the happy trails segment for the nostalgia. Simms is awesome.

The PTI guys are pretty damn good

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Simms, Riddick, Clark and Sharpe all good.

Bayless, Cowherd and Steven A = pure garbage. The fact that Bayless has a job is a disgrace to any journalist.

I wouldn't say Cowherd is in the same garbage heap that Bayless and Steven A are in.

Steven A wants to give all credit to Kelce and Hill. (Does he remember when Alex Smith was playing with those 2?)

I used to dislike Rodgers but he's become somewhat likeable to me the past couple of years. Some of that may be his attitude change but mostly I think it's that it's the fact that Patrick is our QB: it kind of instills the abundance mindset, where nothing NFL-QB related really can ruffle my feathers too much, because we've got The King. No room or need for jealousy or bitterness when we're blessed with PM15: our cup of awesome overfloweth.

As many here have said: amazing time to be a Chiefs fan.

Yeah, no kidding. How many times were receivers wide open and frantically waiving their arms 30 yards down the field while Alex dumped the ball off to the HB for a six yard gain on 3rd and 7?

Yeah but thkip shits it all up.

Probably Shannon Sharpe.

The guys I listen to are Ryen Russillo podcast. Since forever he hasn’t been interested in delivering hot takes. He does a lot of NBA stuff but his football pods are usually good.

Bill Simmons Sunday night pod is a good one typically. There is a lot of gambling stuff which typically they get their ass beat on and I laugh at. But it’s one of the better breakdowns out there despite him being a pats fan. Which he isn’t much of a pretentious douche about it so I like it.

And Simms. But if Florio is on I don’t listen. **** that guy.

Literally the only show I can manage on TV Is SVP. And typically it’s only for bad beats (not sure why gambling fails make me laugh so much) or he has an interview with one of my guys. A

Phil isn’t bad on Chris’ podcast. He makes me laugh. And Phil was on Russillos podcast and was pretty engaging. Just shut the TV off. All TV sucks.

The problem is the garbage crew are the best earners in the industry. Consumers are the problem. They’re just clowns up there getting paid.

Yeah he is. He’s on wax saying he isn’t really interested in being right. He’s an entertainer.

I posted this in a different thread. Once it clicked that these guys were getting paid by me being disgusted by them it was easy to change the channel.

QFT

I'll be bummed when Louis Riddick gets into a front office because I like his takes, especially ones like this:


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#Chiefs secondary one of the best press secondaries in the #NFL. Nice combo of youth and vet experience. Tyrann smarts and leadership, Thornhill looks 100% again, and L’Jarius Sneed is going to be a star - he has shut-down corner potential.
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Yeah Riddick is good. I find RJ Bell's straight outta Vegas show entertaining.

Love the thing about Thornhill.

I wonder if the fact he missed the SB run last year is weighing on him. I hope it is because he's playing like a man possessed.

The way he played in week 17 I thought there was a strong chance we would be looking for another safety this offseason.

Bradshaw was good 30 years ago. He changed his slant from knowledgeable analyst to insufferable ham almost overnight - clearly a play to ratings and attentuon/success.

I have liked Riddick since the first I heard him on 810 whb Border Patrol when talk first hit that Andy was coming to KC.

Easily the worst are Wiley and Acho it's just unwatchable.

Pat McAfee is ok but AJ Hawk his cigar smoking sidekick is annoying. Reminds me of Kramer on his smoking bings. Jerry says his face looks like Catcher mitt and Kramer replies don't look at me I'm hideous.