This will be the second week we lead the best broadcasting moments column with the announcer of the Carolina Panthers game. Who would have thought that two weeks ago? Not me. That’s why we love watching the NFL on television.
We’re highlighting Carolina for a couple of reasons. They are:
- It was another exciting Panthers game! Carolina won 30-27 – the highest-scoring game of the week as of this writing – over the Dallas Cowboys on Ryan Fitzgerald’s walk-off field goal from 33 yards out.
- Adam Amin.
Amin was behind the mic for Fox for the epic 15-inning American League Division Series winner-take-all Game 5 between the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners on Friday. He nailed the call for a game that will go down in history as a classic.
About 36 hours after that game ended, he and Greg Olsen were live from the opposite coast. Once again, Amin nailed it.
That is the combination of range and grind we love at ‘best broadcasting moments.’
Amin and Olsen don’t normally work together. Amin will be without his normal partner, Mark Sanchez, for what appears to be an extended period.
Olsen comes close to stepping on the play and Amin’s narration but cuts out just in time. Already, Olsen has mastered timing while experimenting with the traditional limits. Fun stuff.
Here are three other moments from the booth in Week 6 that caught my eye:
Jim Nantz gets hyped about Baker Mayfield
Honestly, Jim Nantz is all of us when it comes to watching Baker Mayfield in the year 2025.
This is Nantz’s inaugural appearance on ‘best broadcasting moments’ this season. It took six weeks, but it’s hard not to be excited when Mayfield is playing like this. Nantz made sure the viewer felt that way during CBS’ broadcast.
Chris Myers casts classic announcer jinx on Sam Darnold
Those who believe in an announcer’s ability to jinx reality have never heard of the words “coincidence” or “probability” before, but it happens. In football, kickers are typically on the receiving end of the hex.
This time, the victim was Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold. The perpetrator: Chris Myers of Fox.
“No sacks of Darnold in this game,” Myers said. ‘Kupp goes in motion. The blitz is on. Darnold is sacked.’
TNF Honorable Mention: Ryan Fitzpatrick and Cam Skattebo
Thursday night was basically a million years ago per the modern news cycle, but this moment between Prime Video analyst and former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and New York Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo will either be legendary or completely laughable in a few years.