We live in this world of tweeting, and social media, and anti-social media, and all the rest, so no matter what you say, there is going to be what people say is a firestorm. I don’t know what a firestorm is.
AL MICHAELSAnd I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my – the tonal quality, with getting excited.
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If there are dominant teams, people enjoy discussing whether that’s good or bad for the game.
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I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.
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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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I always believe in miracles.
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The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here’s a team that seems to be jelling.
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People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
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It’s funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they’re always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl.
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It was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
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Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.
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I think that’s worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step.
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You want the lyrics to match the melody, because if you are composing a song or recording a song, it’s cacophonous if they don’t match.
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When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something.
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And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
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