The WORST ANNOUNCER in NFL on FOX HISTORY | Mike Goldberg

For all the terrible announcers in the history of the NFL, just about all of them survived a full season before getting the axe. At the very least, they had multiple games to show off their skill set. However, in week 6 of the 2014 NFL season, UFC announcer Mike Goldberg called his first ever NFL game as a play-by-play man, a battle between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings, and was so bad that he was fired after one game, marking this the first and last game he ever called. This is the story behind what has to be the worst broadcaster in the history of the NFL on FOX
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[@williambryant6175]

His play calling was so bad, he’d have been better off spiking the ball to the ground on each play

[@ReveiwKing999]

Teddy Bridgewater and Matthew Stafford could have spiked the ball to the ground on every single play, and Goldberg *still* would have gotten the distance wrong.

[@bmwatrin]

lol but before I reply, we need some more context to understand this comment

[@oowoozee]

@@bmwatrin JG9 has a running joke on the channel that whenever he's talking about a really bad QB performance in a video, he'll use that line

[@andrewschultz6608]

Yeah, he got under 39.6% of the yardage gains right on each play.

[@ensabahnur8683]

🤣🤣

[@stevenapier5]

I am from the Detroit area and I am a lions fan. I remember this game. I remember thinking "The NFL really hates the Lions so much they don't even hire legit announcers for their games." Thanks for clarifying this.

[@a.grimes4202]

I’m from about 1½-2 hours NNW of Detroit and ironically enough, the Detroit Lions are the exact reason why I never was, am not now, and never will be a Detroit Lions fan.

[@jmad627]

This is so funny. I root for your Lions a lot.

[@urbz6712]

@@a.grimes4202 Detroit doesn't want you as a fan anyways. We have enough and you'll see us blowing the top of Ford Field sunday.

[@urbz6712]

@@a.grimes4202 Tell me you don't know anything about the Lions, without telling me you know nothing about the Lions. Let me guess you jumped on the bandwagon of some winning team so that's your team now. I call that weak. I had to sit through the late 90's pistons basketball but it was all worth it when we started competing in in the early oughts.

[@a.grimes4202]

@@urbz6712 I’ve been a proud Packers fan since day one. That’s not jumping on a bandwagon. Also, I *can* tell you that the Lions have never won a Super Bowl. Guess they’ll just have to buy tickets to it again like the Steelers just to say they’ve “been to” one LOL.

[@ShudowWolf]

I love hearing "The Vikings have 2 timeouts" and checking to see if he was even right

[@HyperionNotHere]

Lol sameeee

[@mdf3530]

same here 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@johnb.5183]

🤣 Me too!

[@gohawks3571]

😂Same

[@SuperSliceking]

I did that to but when your so bad the audience has to make sure he’s right 😂

[@bigtimetimmyjim6486]

Mike Goldberg: "I cannot believe someone made a 19-minute video criticizing me!"

[@marlonwinston6656]

😂😂😂

[@WizardmanTonight]

To be fair to Goldberg, Cordarrelle Patterson WAS a dynamic touchdown scorer. It just so happened to be many many years later with the Falcons. Everything else though, oh man.

[@andan04]

I for one am terribly disappointed that Fox fired Goldberg after this game. As a result, we NFL fans were forever robbed of his call of Mark Messier's amazing performance during that next week's Vikings-Bucks game played at Camden Yards.

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

You sound like I ke a troll🙄🤢

[@WakkoKakko]

I totally lost it when Mark Melançon stopped his penalty kick though

[@jamesrevette5667]

That: "I for one.." comment is so stinkn' funny 😮😅

[@mantisfootball918]

*Mike Messier

[@thatswhatsgood24]

I remember that game. That 3 pointer he hit with the cricket bat was insane.

[@locksmart3209]

The fact he wasnt drunk or on something but just really bad is amazing in itself. The 3rd and 17 call when it was actually the score of the game had me almost falling off my chair. Give this dude a darwin award for best how to derail your newly starting NFL career. Pure Gold!

[@mgb4692]

It might have been explained had there actually been a third and 17 on the previous play and he was merely a play behind (still no better but at least you can point to something), it was just bad. Incidentally the sequence: George Winn for three, timeout Joique Bell two, timeout Stafford incomplete Bell loss of one No word of him calling George Winn Randy Winn, we might have lucked out on that one (or Jeremy Ross Diana)

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

It wasn’t. It was 3rd and 5 on the previous play

[@danielm4114]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 These deep broadcast breakdowns are something new, at least for this viewer, and illustrates how essential a good booth team is when visually transcribing what's happening on the field for the people at home. Cool stuff, looking forward to more.

[@gv327]

That’s what I saw. “3rd and 17” Then noticed the score was 3 to 17. Lmao dude can’t even read the scoreboard.

[@allthingssports4957]

@@gv327 exactly

[@SLagonia]

So when he was supposed to ask questions, he instead made statements that inexplicably ended in question marks... This guy missed his calling. He should have been a political reporter.

[@eugenecaldwell9619]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@merkloe2635]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@clayton4917]

😂

[@markbass9639]

We already know he’d fit in with overlooking the obvious and make things up as he goes, that’s a good start for political commentary

[@jonahwoolley4465]

I'll just say, watching this game has made me appreciate a lot more the good announcers the NFL has, because you realize how hard the job truly is. Some of these mistakes are funny but I also know that if I was in the booth, I also would've made a lot of the same ones, and maybe with some nerves I could also make the major slip ups like claiming the down and distance was 3rd and 17 when that was actually the score.

[@JSavage99-ld3gk]

Yeah and you have NO broadcasting experience this dude was a broadcaster for over 20 years… no excuses at all

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Having common sense for the game would be a start.

[@jrdb04]

@@JSavage99-ld3gkcalling plays is way different from calling fights especially cause half the time he wasn’t even calling the actual fight just giving unnecessary background on the fighter mid match

[@evg5876]

I think you’d be able to relay the yards gained on a play

[@youtubechannel4792]

@@evg5876that’s what confuses me the most. My guess is he was just watching the field and couldn’t see it that well

[@curtisbobier2861]

Decent topic. Video was 2-3x longer than it needed to be. Talk less- don't have to repeat what everyone clearly can see

[@silastithing6897]

Agree

[@McLuddy77]

18:20 I like that he confuses the score for the down and yardage for a 1st. We should just be glad he didn't say "17th down and 3 to go"

[@the.seagull.35]

Oh wow. I didn't even notice that.

[@turbochargedsports6327]

🤣🤣👍👍

[@jeffanderson3962]

Yes are we sure the guy just doesn't suffer from dyslexia ?

[@joshulery6525]

It’s 5th and 7 to go and he’ll get back to the line for the 1st down!!

[@pryingopenmythirdeye1830]

Bro the guy who made the video didn't notice that , that's why he said he got it wrong by 12 yards.

[@seabrook1976]

Someone needs to hire this guy as their play by play announcer. Ratings would go through the ROOF. I know I'd tune in to see what he messed up.

[@dipper9496]

Marketing genius really 👏

[@nintndofrk800]

NO

[@dipper9496]

@Muddemaster I promise you it'll be much more interesting than the manning cast 😆

[@laudanum669]

@@dipper9496 Yeah, I've tried to listen to the Manning Cast a couple of times and I thought it was not good.

[@luisreyes1963]

He'll be more than welcome to be in the booth for the Chicago Bears. 😆

[@toreyblakeley6503]

I’m a lions fan and still remember this game. My friends and I just laughed the whole game

[@JosephTurner-ok6br]

Y'all are probably a super humble group of guys

[@velvetunderbite]

​@@JosephTurner-ok6br😭

[@zxJC34xz]

Why does this dude sound like jimmy from GTA 5 lol

[@DenverHarris]

Bro! You’re eight minutes into your video and I still haven’t heard him yet.

[@koolademasta]

Lmao for reals!!

[@TeslaFamilyTravels]

Me before the video: “How bad could he possibly have been?” Me after the video: “Holy s***!”

[@chrisg7731]

That’s funny, I’ve had the complete opposite reaction. I’ll admit, though, that I’m fast forwarding in 15 second chunks. The dude who made this video is more unbearable to me than the announcer. He starts off by saying “I’m not nitpicking him for being off by half a yard or a yard,” and then proceeds to complain about him saying no gain on a gain of 2. So you’re nitpicking him by being off by 2 yards. Got it. He complains like an annoying uncle. I’m not finishing this trash video. The announcer definitely isn’t great, but I expected a bunch of nervous fillers from a total amateur. But this video sucks.

[@roccosteo8328]

Ya that was what I was thinking also

[@Mistertbones]

Mike's well known in MMA, although his commentary wasn't that great, but I never knew he even covered an NFL game. And now I know why. Thank you for the video.

[@silverback7675]

No, he was not great at announcing MMA either. He would constantly get names wrong and repeat phrases like “everything else is virtually identical”. His saving grace is when he screams “IT IS ALL OVER” when a fight ends.

[@jaboba69]

@@silverback7675 It takes a lot of energy to be a rockstar.

[@silverback7675]

@@jaboba69 Joe Rogan correcting him: “NO, she’s getting TAGGED!”

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@silverback7675 yep and neither Mike Goldberg or Joe Rogan should be announcers but I've stopped watching UFC so I don't care now.

[@shaun374]

haha no. He was HORRIBLE at MMA announcing and everyone knew it.

[@baronallison941]

"If you're playing the same drinking game with Goldberg, you would be dead." LMAO

[@hihungryimcam]

"3rd and 17" made me lose it. I honestly could've never predicted how abysmal that was.

[@mqqkboli1702]

“If you’re playing the same drinking game with Goldberg, you would be dead. “ I’m dead 💀from that remark

[@CTubeMan]

His performance and social media reaction reminds me of Derek Anderson laughing during a Monday Night Game in which his Cardinals were getting curb stomped, and his post-game press conference reaction when asked about it.

[@zachcantrell4416]

We need a video about that incident. I’d love to know more about the background. Its the great postgame soundbite that gets lost to history. Never gets mentioned with “They are who we thought they were” or “PLAYOFFS”

[@MiguelHernandez-vj5gu]

Who is Derek Anderson didnt he play for the browns

[@shrapnel77]

@@MiguelHernandez-vj5gu Yup. Had one decent season and then shit the bed, especially that interview.

[@supakewlryan]

"THAT'S FINE."

[@mangrove]

Goldberg called the Brawl in Hockeytown in 1997 on PASS Sports Detroit. He had huge shoes to fill, replacing Dave Strader; only lasted one season, and was replaced by Ken Daniels, who's been calling Red Wings games ever since.

[@mikeb8674]

My goodness, if you're an MMA guy and you can't call a hockey fight, what are you even doing?

[@shrapnel77]

Hockey is one of the most difficult sports to announce. I can't believe he lasted a season. He was messing up football plays, I can only imagine his hockey debacle.

[@robnolan4150]

I remember his one year calling the Wings. I missed Strader right away. I felt bad for the guy because the shoes were too big to fill. I was glad to see Strader back with Redmond on our local UPN 50 broadcast after the Cup was won in 1997. Strader was great on ESPN and NBC ever since.

[@mangrove]

@@shrapnel77 His play-by-play of the brawl was okay, but made me yearn for the days of Dave and Mickey Redmond even more. Poor Mick missed out on commenting during the brawl, since he'd left the booth to go down to the locker room to prepare for intermission interviews.

[@mangrove]

@@robnolan4150 I'm glad that Dave and Mick got to call the ESPN International games during the '97 Cup Finals. Still, his last call as the Wings play-by-play announcer was Stevie Y's 2OT winner. "Steve Yzerman wins it with a bullet!!!"

[@chipwhitley6509]

I think he could've done 1 of 3 things and nobody would have remembered that game. He could have done nothing, put out a statement saying that it was his first national game and he was a bit nervous, and/or joked about it the next week. That's all he had to do. When you're able to either laugh at yourself or do nothing and prove the haters wrong by calling a way better game the next week cause it can't be any worse

[@Nicksonian]

Fox has the dullest stable of announcers anywhere. Joe Buck was the only play-by-play man who was instantly recognizable and in the top pantheon of announcers. He’s gone from Fox. Now Fox has a bunch of guys who’s voices are indistinguishable from each other.

[@rickcobos1724]

Buck speaks with tremendous inflection and appropriate gravitas. His legacy has been cemented thanks to what you pointed out.

[@Nicksonian]

@@rickcobos1724 His father, Jack Buck, was also a great announcer.

[@ChiChiWoo]

kevin burkhardt is really good though with greg olsen

[@Nicksonian]

​@@ChiChiWoo They're okay, but by far the weakest of the networks' A-Team announcers.

[@thatswhatsgood24]

I think you're the only person I've seen that appreciates joe buck. He seems like a good, funny guy and I think he's a good commentator.

[@steeeeevenash]

Wow... the 3rd and 17 call at 18:15 was actually the score.

[@humanbeing2420]

And Official JaguarGator thinks he was off by a down and 12 yards.....

[@Fisoj]

But even then he was wrong, that was understandable but clearly wrong, 3rd and 17 is how you would call the down and distance, for the score it would be something like 17 to 3

[@plangenfeld4550]

He also got the name of the head coach wrong (more than once I believe). He called him "Don" Zimmer, who was a baseball manager. And had been dead for several years.

[@yeaboy707]

Hahaha

[@bowlchamps37]

He was dead for only 4 months though, that´s why he mixed up the names cause this was in the news in summer

[@michaelr3583]

​@@bowlchamps37OH, well okay then🤣🤭

[@tomsnowden6201]

“Only 4 months” lmao so a 1/3 of a year isn’t that much time huh? Pretty much just like yesterday 😂

[@redgurl567]

​@@bowlchamps37Mike? Is that you?

[@Fury325Fan]

Goldberg didn't care about distance. He just went for speed.

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

She's all alone, all alone, all alone in her time of need

[@MichaelSmith-ey6sf]

i haven’t listened to Cake in a while… might have to go listen to them, now that you got it stuck in my head

[@TimmyTickle]

Because he's racing, and pacing, and biting the course...

[@CraigMcGuinn]

This comment is underrated and needs more likes

[@Dunn1216]

CAKE

[@msarzo]

You can't be surprised when this announcer hire backfires. Talk about a dumb decision!

[@CTubeMan]

TM

[@maximedavid6411]

Remember when Goldberg called Francis Ngannou "Francis Gannow" 😂

[@claymac7895]

The reason he got so angry about being called out about his preparation is because he knew he didn’t do the work.

[@ReveiwKing999]

Anyone else surprised JG9 didn't go for an obligatory shot at Reggie Rucker at the beginning there?

[@paulevereklian]

he had dinner before the video with reggie and they talked it out

[@ThePrufessa]

I'll have to watch his video next lol. I wonder what he said.

[@grinningchicken]

@@paulevereklian He Reggie Norv Sam Wyche Caldwell and Bigfoot met at a Wendy’s talk about how much they enjoyed working together

[@marcusjohnson6203]

Some jokes tell themselves 😅

[@ThePrufessa]

Yo that was a crazy story. Lol. Dude just made up an entire story about how he got his information. What a bonehead!!!

[@theeverelusivemodernemoguy]

Imagine watching this as your first nfl game.

[@tamonicus]

No, make your ONLY NFL game.

[@ghostmiko5762]

😭😭 hope the beer was cold lol

[@shitpostmalone5341]

To be fair, you probably wouldnt even know he was calling the game wrong, let alone what he was talking about. Guarantee I could watch this game with my wife and and she would think he's doing great lol

[@Borgborg128]

@@shitpostmalone5341lol exactly

[@gunsharck]

Who’d EVER watch DET or MINN as their first lol?? That’s too cruel

[@tonygrillo3885]

As a Vikings Fan for 50 years, I never heard this story. You had me laughing so hard. Ty

[@Josue_Cristobal]

People can forget a bad performance. No one forgets a bad attitude.

[@Tarheelborn1991]

Imagine being the other guy in the booth having to sit there the whole game listening to this…just laughing internally the entire broadcast 😅

[@olschool121]

Frequent deep breaths and blank stares.

[@pronkb000]

Ayanbadejo wasn't a whole lot better, IIRC.

[@gabepollock1641]

@@pronkb000Even if he wasn’t, I’d say it’s easier to ignore a rough color commentator than a rough play by play guy.

[@Carson_TK]

As of someone who’s planning to be a play-by-play NFL/NCAAF broadcaster in the future, I think I learned what NOT to do when I’m calling plays on the field.

[@franksantore2810]

Carson TK, look at my comment above. Unless you want to participate in a circle jeerk and kiss ass, don't bother.

[@brettpatterson404]

If you’re a white male good luck with that

[@randalls9822]

@Carson TK Good luck, hope you make it big-time

[@Carson_TK]

@@randalls9822 thanks man. I’ll tell you if I ever make it to the broadcasters booth.

[@jackdot708]

@@Carson_TK good luck man !

[@ericross441]

A six yard gain on an 11 yard run??? 🤣

[@altfactor]

Are you sure this was a real-life NFL game on Fox and not a "Saturday Night Live" skit about an absent minded announcer calling a football game?

[@Seeuinhell777]

yeah this is for sure real life because if it was an SNL skit it wouldn’t be as funny as this already is on it’s own lol

[@Cincy32]

I think you're on to something - that's not even the Vikings' stadium!

[@nathanboyer80]

when Goldy would give the tale of the tape details for his mma broadcasts, he would always try to fit his favorite catch phrase in "Everything else is virtually identical." referring to the fighter's record, age, weight, or reach. every once in a while these details would be identical, but way more often than not, they weren't. it never stopped him from saying it though. ah Goldy, i miss ya bud

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

Goldberg was terrible!!!🤮🤢...All he could is repeat catch phrases, he did not have critical thing skills and he didn't have the ability to understand things or how to problem solve or create🤡🤮🤢 I have NO idea what you are talking about🙄🤢 Goldberg was just a corporate puppet for MMA and everything else

[@theforrest]

I hated that shit 😂 corny ass

[@sideeggunnecessary]

Goldy's brain thinks the name "watt myman" is an actual human name that a human would have 😂😂😂

[@AutismSingsHD]

If his performance was like a quarterback's passer rating, it would be worse than if he spiked the ball into the ground on every single play.

[@wxracer23]

The 6-7 yard gain had me dead 💀

[@mattz885]

He's calling a two hand touch game

[@isaigutierrez1617]

I had a feeling he would say 5 yards. Holy fuck I didn't expect to be that close.

[@melanatedgod5337]

😂😂😂😂

[@marcus813]

I didn't know what specific mistakes Goldberg made during the FOX telecast until now. However, I do remember reading about the aftermath and how poorly he handled the criticism on Twitter. I can see an announcer messing up on some advanced stuff, but not basic stuff like short gains and stuff such as that. I hate that he had this performance because I loved his UFC commentary.

[@mitcheze]

he sucked in the UFC too. .... virtually i-dentical!

[@panafrocanam2100]

#BringBackMikeGoldberg

[@josephconaway8259]

Same but I think it's just nostalgia tbh man. He's like the voice of Mma, similar to how Madden was the voice of Sunday for a generation. But then you go back and listen to some of the shit he has said or mistakes, and it's not shocking he got booted. But to be fair, Rogan has just as many or more back in the day.

[@turdferguson2]

He was objectively bad in the UFC as well.

[@lastbestplace8112]

bro..he was terrible in the UFC...go back and watch. it was really bad. both him and joe.

[@eromitlabhitw]

Fun fact: WWE tried to hire Goldberg and get him to no-show UFC and show up on Raw play-by-play to replace Jim Ross, who was more than serviceable as a football announcer in the XFL.

[@TimmyTickle]

And Ross did radio play-by-play for the Falcons for a few years

[@mwcarolina]

Glad WWE couldn’t get him, McMahon would be screaming in his ear

[@jfinns13]

Jim ross” omg his head is busted wide open. His head is BUSTED WIDE OPEN. !!!. Yea . That was the end of wrestling for me.

[@markv1274]

@@jfinns13 Jim Ross became a dreadful announcer. Yet have you heard him in All Elite Wrestling? It's weird. He sounds like he *really* doesn't want to be there.

[@gunsharck]

@@markv1274An adult watching wrestling??? Bet you like marvel too?

[@TheRoyalKeeper]

We in Germany have a guy that called a first down instead of a touchdown (playoffgame Lions). Can remember a player that isn't a QB and still is one of the longest commentator in Germany.

[@spacemonkey4903]

Mike Goldberg- “This Rumble video about me was great! It became overwhelming at the 30 min mark however I throughly enjoyed every highlight of my best years. Thank You Bill. It was an honor to announce for the NBA & for you most of all” 😂

[@jimbo1130]

Mean Joe Greene looks too intimidating Bro stared 5 miles deep into my soul

[@ARUSApacecarHAMPTON]

That’s what made him so good when he played. Not so much on TV.

[@dspsblyuth]

You don’t get the nickname “Mean” for nothing

[@rjflesher]

I had a feeling JG9 would work an "I'm sorry, WHAT?!" into this video.

[@82dorrin]

By Goldberg's standards, _I_ am a dynamic touchdown scorer.

[@clydemiller4776]

“If you were alive in 2014, congratulations. You had as many touchdowns through Week 6 of the NFL season as Cordarrelle Patterson had up to that point.”

[@maddenmoments8748]

@@clydemiller4776 While I like JG9 and agree that Goldberg called the game terribly. This part wasn't too far-fetched. Although it is true Patterson didn't have a receiving TD yet, he did have a rushing TD and in the previous 10 games dating back to the last season, he had 7 total touchdowns.

[@AirbornePathfinder]

I hated him as a UFC announcer, terrible and knew nothing about the sport he was calling.

[@marklar2707]

"Michael Jordan-esque with his jiu jitsu"

[@lesm3870]

“WHAT?!” after a 6 or 7yd gain had me 😂

[@chrispappa704]

I'm a Vikings fan and I remember this game only for how bad the announcers were. But I didn't remember the announcers being this bad geez. Although I think I probably had muted the game after half time. The Vikings were bad that year but they were rebuilding from an awful 3-13 season the year before and it was Mike Zimmer's first season as head coach.

[@oceanhedonist265]

Wow, just think of all the time you have wasted keeping up with the Vikings! 🫢

[@ProfessionalTroll420]

@@oceanhedonist265 don’t remind us…😂

[@codys7942]

I literally laughed out loud while watching this video. His calls went from some mispronunciations to befuddling calls that left my mouth agape to finally calls so ridiculously off that I could do nothing more than laugh at them. How? How is someone SO bad at this?

[@stevencook4002]

You try it.

[@codys7942]

@@stevencook4002 I did, for 2 seasons in the semi pro league NEFL.

[@heyhags5583]

You haven't met my wife...

[@JustinSchuller]

I went to the Reddit thread you linked, and saw that I commented on it 9 years ago about the 11 yard gain that he called "maybe 6 or 7 yards." What a trippy experience as I had forgotten all about this game.

[@qaskew24]

Jesus, you talked so much, I forgot what the topic was. Get to the point.

[@arantripathi1810]

18:17 😂😂 He read the scoreboard and mistook it for the down and yardage 😂😂

[@gaylordfocker7990]

That must've been the point where they said "yeah, this guy is gone."

[@playdiscgolf1546]

I do the same thing on the course with the tee signs. Hole 3, par 17 That’s a massive hole 😂

[@user-gn9mc8vl6h]

He would have had to read it backwards lol

[@fumedrummer]

18:24 He didn't get the down and distance off by 12 yards, he just read the score and called it the down and distance.

[@Cincy32]

You are literally right & wrong at the same time. I'm genuinely impressed.

[@bradtaylor5828]

He knew nothing about football or anything he was doing

[@NuRm69]

I just realized, when he said 3rd and 17 on the 4th and 5, he must have looked at the score cause it was 17-3

[@mgb4692]

If there was a third and 17 the previous play and Stafford got 12 you can at least point to that as him being behind a play, but there wasn't, it was just bad

[@hec231]

Nothing gets by you.

[@TimmyTickle]

At least he didn't say it was "17th down"...

[@superbrownbrown]

@@TimmyTickle *That would've been epic.* 😂

[@eugenecaldwell9619]

@@hec231 🤣🤣🤣

[@LilDemonkulous]

Who cares about his football announcing that man is one of the top three MMA commentators of all time (no real order: Joe Rogan, Bas Rutten, Mike Goldberg)

[@mbanderson83]

Holy hell, I didn't know Goldie called an NFL game lol😂😂😂

[@sideeggunnecessary]

Me either I'm dead 💀💀💀💀

[@samthesham96]

Hmm, I thought most of the time, a statistician was feeding the broadcasters exact yardage and the relevant players through an ear piece to avoid this type of problem.

[@blinkfan15]

There are also “spotters” in the booth. All they do is use binoculars, and point to the relevant player’s number on the play by play announcer’s chart, and/or like you said; talk into their headset.

[@franandwood14]

I’m honestly convinced I could call a better game then Mike goldberg

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

Doubt it,you don’t know the difference between then and than,so you probably would not be able use your words to call a decent game.😂🤣😂

[@BKT_04]

@@kyzor-sosay6087 well it is pronounced the same

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

Imagine him calling baseball. After someone hits a double "and it looks like he will get on first base here"

[@chiapets2594]

Or and inside the park homerun

[@QuartzGolem]

Idk about the Patterson one. Dude has been a dynamic scorer throughout his career, all the way from year one. Multiple return TDs, multiple pass TDs, multiple run TDs. Saying that he was wrong to say that, just because he hadn't done so in that season thus far, is a bit of a nitpick among far worse things.

[@ConspiracyQueryDotNet]

In fairness, even though he apparently had 0 TD at that point in the season, Cordarelle Patterson was a dynamic TD scorer. He could score from the backfield, as a WR and as a return man. In the year previous to this game, in his rookie season (2013), he had 3 rushing TDs, 4 receiving TDs and 2 punt return TDs (despite not being a regular starter on offense).

[@LembeckIsStaying]

The most amazing part of all this is that he WASN'T drunk! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dspsblyuth]

That we know of

[@LembeckIsStaying]

Ahhh, touche`.

[@martincaidin4166]

Wiki says he kept referring to Mike Zimmer as Don Zimmer (LOL)

[@joelhague5515]

What? Don didn't move on from the Yanks to the Vikings? 🤣

[@CraigMcGuinn]

@@joelhague5515 also, by October 12, 2014 (the day of the broadcast) Don Zimmer had already been dead for several years

[@skippythealien9627]

I know people really hate Booger MacFarland, but my respect for him went up tremendously after how he handled the Damar Hamlin collapse on the field

[@ktac2302]

He was just repeating what his producers told him.

[@skippythealien9627]

@@ktac2302 maybe, but how you say things and present yourself with what the producers are telling you, matters quite a bit look at the way Jim Ross handled the death of Owen Hart, very professionally despite the fact that WWE behind the scenes was incredibly terse and blunt about everything

[@dme1016]

@@ktac2302 When Trump did that, he STILL showed that he was a moron.

[@userknonothing]

99% of announcers commentators were saying the same things. If you said something a little off or different.. wouldve been thrashed. He said what everyone else said. Terrible, tragic, not about football

[@JoshBreakdowns]

Booger is way better as a studio analyst than an in-game analyst IMO

[@lpCHEVlps311]

I don't think dude knew where the line of scrimmage actually is... judging by what he did each time, I think he thinks the line of scrimmage is where the RB starts the play, 3 or 4 years BEHIND the actual line of scrimmage

[@thomasmartin6623]

lost it at the "one, maybe two yards." When it was a 1 yard loss and the guy didn't get close to the line of scrimmage lol. Editing to say, after watching the full video, I'm convinced he must have been looking at a monitor that did not show the first down or line of scrimmage markers. There is no other explanation for most of this.

[@SurgingSpecs]

18:18 he must’ve seen the score and thought it was the down and distance lmao

[@andrewschultz6608]

At least when he said "Welcome back to Minneapolis" he didn't say "Welcome back to Detroit."

[@ryanrampage8266]

I broadcasted high school games for a section in northern NY. I had very limited resources at my finger tips other than schedules, records, rosters, and limited number of stats. When I called the games I actually had to watch and see who got the ball and didn’t have a monitor to help me. Everything was off the cuff. No instant replay. Sometimes I even had to be the producer of the broadcast. I never got a players name wrong, I never got the down and distance wrong. I never got a pronunciation wrong. I talked to coaches before the game, I talked to athletic directors. I made sure I did my prep leading up to the game. WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. No excuses for Mikey in this game. You have mistakes sometimes. But 12-13 in just the first half? You didn’t prep bro. You’re pulling stuff out of your ass to try and make stuff up and prove your knowledge. It’s a bad look. This dude wasn’t ready

[@xaviers6426]

Cry more

[@bobbyswain7049]

i bet youre a blast at parties 😅😅😅@@xaviers6426

[@jeffreykbennett]

He would have called more than one game if he hadn't gotten in an argument on Twitter afterwards and sworn at some people who were criticizing him.

[@danielhenderson8316]

I think he only got this as a gift from Dana White after Fox and the UFC signed a deal. What makes this even worse is Minnesota was Mike's home team if I'm remembering right.

[@ObeyBanksy]

Dude I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Phenomenal video presentation and topic bud

[@cavalier6362]

"Here's 1rst and 10 for the Detroit Red Wings. Aaron Donald off the snap, Donald looking deep, he's gonna punt it! Oh and it's dropped by Peyton Manning, he was last year's best point guard. He's gonna now snap the ball to legendary goalie Bill Belicheck!" - Mike Goldberg

[@nickdarr7328]

I miss that lions defense. If the next year or 2 goes right in the draft it could be impressive again

[@joshlewis575]

They were tremendous that year, shame they got screwed in that Dallas playoff game

[@GetYourBeaks]

@@joshlewis575 Was that the one where a Lions receiver got called for a personal foul because he caught a TD and his fingers barely grazed a defenders helmet when he went up for the catch, negating the TD? Or was that a different time the Lions got screwed?

[@timothyblevins1345]

@@GetYourBeaks I think the Dallas game was Calvin Johnson TD taken away. Your talking about Brandon pettigrew lions tight end I think. I remember that and it might have been the same game. I'm a lions fan and have trained my brain to forget those 2 plays and the details. 😆 I shut it down completely and have amnesia.

[@CrashoutKarti]

@@joshlewis575 it’s okay we got karma against the packers the next game 🙈 DEZ CAUGHT IT !!

[@D_2387]

If they had even a remotely competent defense this year they would've won at least 11 games. With that being said the defensive rookies they drafted this year were monsters. I think their defense makes a big jump this year and helps them take the division.

[@CatsClaw44]

He is delusional if he thought that he would have been great the following week.

[@eugenecaldwell9619]

🤣🤣🤣Samething I was thinking. I don't think it'll be possible to improve that much in just a couple of weeks.

[@VoVilliaCorp]

It sounded like Mike Goldberg was watching another game then just guessed who was who lol

[@jonathanrichards5024]

“If you were playing the same drinking game with goldberg, you would be dead.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnrust592]

As a play-by-play announcer myself for high school and college sports in Arizona, part of me feels for Goldberg. Lord knows I've made my own verbal fumbles on some broadcasts. Still, no excuse for making that many mistakes on yardage and players involved in the play. I know on some of my football broadcasts I sometimes find it hard to tell who has the ball, but in HS games we don't have spotters on the field or 30 cameras all over the field to track the action. But when you curse out your critics after a broadcast where you know you sucked, that does not fly at all.

[@MikenMc]

Agree, it seems like he was either not well prepared or in way over his head.

[@willpomeroy7711]

How do you know he was looking at the TV screen with the markers? Obviously he was just looking at a field and making guesses without getting to see the line of scrimmage and first down lines the television viewer get to see.

[@DJWeissman]

I attended a high school basketball game for special athletes and saw a coach come over to the announcer and just drop a bunch of changes in the lineup on the dude like seconds before he was supposed to go live. I was so pissed for the guy, having worked as a DJ for weddings and other events. It's incredibly stressful when everyone expects everything to go perfect and just expect that you're a mind reader or something. That said, this guy was really bad at calling an NFL game. I'm a casual viewer of the NFL and I'd probably do about as good.

[@andypaulocelli109]

True that...cussing out your critics just makes a bad situation that much worse...that broadcast was Painful to listen to

[@geliscon]

I could probably do a decent job with the yardage and down and distance, but I’m sure that I’d struggle with calling which player has the ball.

[@Fender178]

Man this reminds me of the one commentator that "Heroes of Wrestling" PPV had where he didn't get any of the moves correct and didn't know any of the wrestling jargon at all. This guy make Mean Joe Greene look like the best NFL commentator in all of the NFL. At least when Joe Greene did it he didn't get any info wrong he just said some stupid shit at random times that didn't make any sense. Also this makes the Terry Bradshaw Jimmy Johnson combo that Fox tried look like a genius move.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Yep if Terry was just there to breakdown plays I think he would be amazing and funny.

[@TMC1982Part2]

Randy Rosenblum is who you're referring to, who infamously once, referred to a drop kick as a "flying leg kick".

[@Fender178]

@@TMC1982Part2 Yup. That's the guy.

[@mfm4205]

funny you mentioned that, considering wwe wanted to bring in mike goldberg to do commentary on monday night raw, replacing jim ross. looks like every wrestling fan caught a break when he turned it down.

[@mgb4692]

I thought Randy Rosenbloom was the dimestore Michael Cole they had interviewing Jake Actually you might be right, they wanted to get Gordon Solie for that garbage (what a sad way that would have been to go out) and they got him instead.

[@gth804f]

I'm amazed nothing came out about potentially the spotters also being terrible. I realize that a good chunk of this was on MG, but things like player names are usually taken care of by spotters and fed to the on-air talent. Just something I thought about.

[@bryanrussell6679]

Mike Goldberg, bless his heart. He was just as bad calling fights for the UFC. But part of the fun was listening to Joe Rogan correcting him. I don't think people even minded, it was how it was supposed to be. I wish they'd rehire him.

[@xxxllloorpoopypants3687]

Brih he was bad at ufc but he was not THIS bad lol. This is a different level. In the ufc he sprinkled stupidity in here he is drilling it in

[@wingedhussar1453]

​@xxxllloorpoopypants3687 in the ufc you just have to be entertaining and scream .in football the lister wants actual information

[@bryanrussell6679]

@@xxxllloorpoopypants3687 Yeah, it was part of the fun. Football fans didn't get much of a chance to experience The Goldberg. What am I saying? Pretty much everyone I know that watches the UFC watches football too. He just blew it.

[@TheSanadaSeven]

Even in the UFC Mike Goldberg was mispronouncing and or butchering fighter's names and making wrong analogies. For example: "Stipe Maiosic" (Stipe Miocic), Joanna Jedrzejczyk (while she was the champion), and many more. Donald Cerrone's KO head kick on Matt Brown - "A vicious body kick" 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️. "Leg kick to the body" "Body kick to the head" A few times - "IT IS ALL OVER!!" then the fights would continue for about another 7-8 seconds later

[@mgb4692]

Sokajew

[@Chadministrator93]

I've never watched American football, but thanks to Goldie, I've watched 25 minutes about it and I still don't understand what the hell this crazy game is 😂

[@melanatedgod5337]

Don't worry, we don't know what futbol is either lol jkjk.

[@NateM154]

It is a great sport but whoever thought name it football is about as smart as Mike Goldberg.

[@richardsiemion5903]

Any time Joe Buck is on I hit my SAP button. I’ve been learning a lot of Spanish. I have his horrible announcing to thank. Hope he stays on. I love the Spanish guy

[@silverback7675]

Halfback passes to center, back to wing, back to center, center holds it! HOLDS it! HOLDS IT!

[@sjdrifter72]

Any sporting event Joe Buck announces, be it Super Bowl or the World Series, is unlistenable.

[@threatassessment606]

That's disgusting!

[@robnolan4150]

Mitchell… Mitchell… Mitchell… 😆

[@markkim5988]

such a shame he was the commentator for the Tyree catch. “and it is… caught by Tyree…😐😐😐”

[@gregorykrajeski6255]

I can't believe Dennis Miller made it two seasons.

[@michaelmerck7576]

It just shows they were patient with miller ,I don't know why

[@RICHIEV333]

Dennis Miller was hired to be part of a 3 announcer team, alongside the traditional color and play-by-play announcers. His sole job was to add a little humor to the broadcast... Unfortunately, his brand of humor did not translate well to football. Even with his own crowd, they will not always catch his obscure references, let alone a football crowd concentrating on the game. A guy like Jim Belushi would have probably done better.

[@kidd32888]

@@RICHIEV333 I only got one of his joke for the whole season

[@RICHIEV333]

@@kidd32888 Yeah lol

[@BranTheBald]

I actually expected this to be over exaggerated, but no, this is god awful

[@jaredmashburn5618]

If you haven't already and since I am only seeing this 9/21/23, I would recommend the onetime former Gopher head coach Tim Brewster did the sideline reporting for Vikings at Chiefs around a similar time. Missed a cue from the booth on one play and was out of his element the rest of the game.

[@SamWoodworth1]

This game call should be a part of every sports broadcasting class as a prime example of what NOT to do in a game call. Clearly broke the first rule of broadcasting: DO YOUR RESEARCH!!! Love Mike as a MMA broadcaster but man this was horrible. Great video and critique.

[@miked31784]

I love this video. Mike Goldberg doesn’t belong in the NFL television booth. Thank you!

[@samuraibeastwarrior2886]

same with Joe Buck

[@stevenvitte]

Mike Goldberg calling a football game? Now that's funny! 🤣

[@studogable]

Not so much, really. Dan Dierdorf called a few boxing matches back in the 80s. He was surprisingly good right out of the gate. Sometimes it works.

[@silverback7675]

@@studogableDierdorf was just naturally good at commentating

[@TheRustedShackleford]

It feels like he was watching the field instead of the monitor in front of him.

[@Heathcoatman]

Imagine being the guy who had to tell Mean Joe Green he was fired.

[@Rambam1776]

Dennis Miller wasn't bad at all. He just wasn't for everybody. I've always loved his comedy and I enjoyed his play calling a great deal but I could certainly understand why most people did not.

[@davidlafleche1142]

They fired Dennis Miller because he didn't vote Democrat.

[@adamtparker6515]

With Dierdorf there that wasnt a good fit. Would love to see Miller back in a 'swing' role on field for a pre-show Countdown more scripted and stop in and say hi during game in booth. Rob Riggle did a good job in similar type role and would like to have seen him appear during in game somehow. Maybe Miller and Riggle as a 6th or 7th pairing for the weeks needed? Or how about having a one-time Rome/Everitt pairing...

[@billbrasky1288]

Yeah I hate to see his face on here and many will just associate him with this when he had a great career and is a very funny guy. His old HBO show was really good and he’s one of the great SNL weekend update hosts.

[@JCFRFutterman]

The only thing more irritating than Goldberg's announcing is the voice and attitude of the guy narrating this video. Horrible.

[@isaaca6445]

My thoughts exactly!

[@steveweatherly1976]

Dude - I agree. And actually- this idiot's voice & attitude are probably worse than Goldberg!

[@edwardkelly3280]

As a MMA fan also we also made fun of his announcing but I miss him and Joe commentating together.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I don't miss him and I won't miss Joe Rogan either.

[@mgb4692]

"Tonight it's Sokajew against Waat Miman"

[@nycitylifeandhistory]

He was ACTUALLY fired for profanely responding to fans on twitter after the game.

[@jakebetts2885]

That was ALOT worse than I thought it would be 🤣