bushwacked Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Please use him more in the broadcasting booth. For whatever stiffness he has as an accessory to the play by play guy he more than makes up for in his knowledge of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Indeed.... Mayock is the best in the studio, in the booth and scouting NFL prospects. He IS a football guy. No fluff. hard core football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Several years back NFLN began letting him do booth work for the Senior Bowl, and it's slowly gotten him to where we saw him today. The guy puts Mel Kiper to shame year after year in his prospect evaluations, and is finally beginning to show people he deserves a spot full time breaking down plays. Edited January 9, 2011 by kpholmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Mike Mayock is my favorite analyst by far. He is amazing at evaluating talent and he is right about his assesment of players much more often than he is wrong. IMO, he's the premier football guy on TV by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 He has done Vikings preseason games the past few years....love him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Mike Mayock is my favorite analyst by far. He is amazing at evaluating talent and he is right about his assesment of players much more often than he is wrong. IMO, he's the premier football guy on TV by far. Amazing the NFLN hasn't tapped him to help in the Thursday night booth. Or maybe they asked him and he declined? He deserves a chance.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Doesn't Mayock announce for Nortre Dame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Doesn't Mayock announce for Nortre Dame? Yes, for the NBC games of the Irsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusions of grandeur Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Doesn't Mayock announce for Nortre Dame? Yup, this is probably the reason he's not doing more NFL games. Mayock is the freaking man though, so I wouldn't be surprised if he did more NFL in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Mayock lives in the Philly area (not sure if he actually lives in Philly or not) and I know that he spends a ton of his time at NFL Films in Mt. Laurel NJ...Have jokingly told my wife that we should move to NJ (I am from there originally) and that I will stalk Mayock outside of NFL Films and pester him to take me under his wing and team me everything he knows. Sad thing is that I am kinda sorta serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark5 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Finally got the NFL network this year on our cable system and he REALLY impressed me with his knowledge and he notices the "little" things that happen during a play.. Top notch guy so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 His Mayock is going to be sore with all you guys slurping on it at once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 His Mayock is going to be sore with all you guys slurping on it at once... I like the guy but if he said " veteran quarterback" yesterday one more time when referring to Hass I really would have wanted to punch him in the forehead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip's Invitation Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 He has a great football mind -- doesn't mean the same thing as great announcer. Last weekend he had several Theismann-like bouts of nonsense. I much prefer him as a studio analyst than as a game announcer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfalcone Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The only one I listen to come pre draft analysis. Having to many opinions can cloud judgement so I just go with him. Very accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Living the Dream Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Kiper is a dinosaur and completely clueless. How long till ESPN take the talent for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Kiper is a dinosaur and completely clueless. How long till ESPN take the talent for themselves. Don't think it will happen to be honest. Mayock isn't an Adam Scheft kinda guy, who liked finding the breaking story - he wants to do scouting, player analysis and commentary year round - which NFL Network provides really the perfect and only venue for. I'm pretty sure he has his dream job right where he is. Hopefully the mother-ship just leaves him alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Don't think it will happen to be honest. Mayock isn't an Adam Scheft kinda guy, who liked finding the breaking story - he wants to do scouting, player analysis and commentary year round - which NFL Network provides really the perfect and only venue for. I'm pretty sure he has his dream job right where he is. Hopefully the mother-ship just leaves him alone. I would tend to think NFL Network is THE gig to have. And ESPN isn't stealing any NFLN people..its the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 as KP said, ESPN 'stole' Shefter and NFLN was annoyed enough about it that they sat him the last three months of his contract. What the fook did I forget so I could store that non-sense in my brain? That may be true, but I think that was before NFLN established itself. Remember, NFLN "stole" Wingo (one of my favorite ESPN broadcasters btw). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 That may be true, but I think that was before NFLN established itself. Remember, NFLN "stole" Wingo (one of my favorite ESPN broadcasters btw). NFLN stole Eisen in 2003 when they launched, but how can you blame the guy? They wanted him to be the guy on their network. Schefter left NFLN in 2009. From Scheft's Wiki: According to a USA Today survey of fans published January 19, 2009: "NFL Network's Adam Schefter edged ESPN's Chris Mortensen (34%-32%) for best [NFL] insider despite the NFL Network being in less than half as many U.S. households." Schefter was selected as the best (NFL) insider in another USA Today poll in November 2010. And... you know Trey Wingo works for ESPN right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 NFLN stole Eisen in 2003 when they launched, but how can you blame the guy? They wanted him to be the guy on their network.Schefter left NFLN in 2009. From Scheft's Wiki: According to a USA Today survey of fans published January 19, 2009: "NFL Network's Adam Schefter edged ESPN's Chris Mortensen (34%-32%) for best [NFL] insider despite the NFL Network being in less than half as many U.S. households." Schefter was selected as the best (NFL) insider in another USA Today poll in November 2010. And... you know Trey Wingo works for ESPN right? Sorry, meant Eisen. Heeeeeeee Got it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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