If the NFL and NBC wanted people to watch the Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins’ playoff matchup through a Peacock subscription, the least they could’ve done is give us a better color commentator than Jason Garrett. When I say “better,” I mean that it would’ve been preferable to listen to three hours of random Wilhelm Screams than hear Garrett’s milquetoast, nonsensical analysis of an NFL postseason affair.
Don’t believe me?
What if I told you that Garrett called Patrick Mahomes a “sneaky good athlete” like he’d never watched him play before? What if I said he seemed to make a reference to Vitamin C’s infamous melody about over-appreciating one’s high school years? And these are just two examples!
At seemingly every turn, rather than add, you know, color to a broadcast, Garrett opted for the low-hanging fruit. He offered the most anodyne possible descriptions of sequences during the game and flip-flopped constantly on his opinions. He called Chiefs-Dolphins like a robot beholden to the binary code, not a human being who knows how to talk to other human beings.
Needless to say, NFL fans had enough of Garrett during an agonizingly awful broadcast.
always love when jason garrett is on the broadcast pic.twitter.com/wm4h19enQI
— nick (@nick_pants) January 14, 2024
Jason Garrett broadcasts like he’s reading color commentator lines for a football video game
— Joey (@JoeyMulinaro) January 14, 2024
When they make you pay for Peacock & also have Jason Garrett calling the game pic.twitter.com/GFAxMORh15
— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) January 14, 2024
Jason Garrett sounds like somebody uncomfortably trying to make conversation with the person sitting next to him on a plane.
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) January 14, 2024
Jason Garrett on the call pic.twitter.com/z6qmEZ6KjM
— Filet-O-Fish Social Club Founder (@casteeezy) January 14, 2024
Jason Garrett commenting on the game is NBC's way of making the audience suffer as much as those sitting in the cold of Arrowhead.
Brutal. pic.twitter.com/5eDHCJfos4
— Andrew Donaldson (@four4thefire) January 14, 2024
Tired: Andy Reid burns a timeout just to use a challenge
Wired: Jason Garrett does not recognize that is a bad idea
— Danny Heifetz (@Danny_Heifetz) January 14, 2024
Garrett: “I’d take a knee here and go to half”
*dolphins pick up chunk play*
Tirico: “dolphins get aggressive here jason”
Garrett: “yeah why not?!? Let it rip!”
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) January 14, 2024
Here’s the deal:
If I’m going to pay extra money for this app to watch the game, you gotta give me someone better than Jason Garrett.— profloumoore (@loumoore12) January 14, 2024
