Cbs’s Spero Dedes Perfectly Summed Up Bears-bengals Roller Coaster With His Td Calls

1. We each cognize fans don’t watch games for broadcasters, but broadcasters tin perfectly heighten aliases return distant from your enjoyment of a game.

CBS’s Spero Dedes and Adam Archuleta decidedly conveyed nan insanity of Sunday’s Bears-Bengals crippled that saw 3 touchdowns successful nan last 1:43 of nan 4th quarter.

I sewage a chuckle retired of really CBS’s Spero Dedes called nan extremity of nan chaotic shoot-out connected Sunday.

With Cincinnati down 41–27, Dedes didn’t person a ton of emotion successful his telephone erstwhile Noah Fant caught a touchdown walk pinch 1:43 near to trim nan lead to 41-35. Dedes was giving off, “this is simply a meaningless touchdown and nan crippled is over” vibes.

And who could blasted him? The Bengals had nary timeouts left, truthful each nan Bears had to do was retrieve nan onside footwear and return 3 knees to extremity nan game.

However, aft nan Bengals recovered nan onside kick, Dedes past mislaid his mind erstwhile Joe Flacco deed Andrei Iosivas pinch a touchdown walk to springiness Cincy nan lead pinch 54 seconds remaining.

Dedes, on pinch partner Adam Archuleta, past did an outstanding occupation summing up nan absurdity of nan game-winning touchdown walk Caleb Williams tossed to tight extremity Colston Loveland pinch a GREAT call.

2. There mightiness not beryllium thing sports fans emotion much than a Game 7.

Saturday’s deciding World Series crippled betwixt nan Dodgers and Blue Jays drew 25.98 viewers for Fox. The assemblage peaked astatine 31.5 cardinal viewers betwixt 11:30 and 11:45 p.m. ET. And those numbers only see nan U.S. assemblage for nan game.

3. For years, galore group said nan summation of a rules master was 1 of nan champion innovations successful sports television.

I person gone nan different measurement and person said that astir of nan times, nan rules analysts adhd nothing. In addition, nan rules expert besides get worldly wrong. A LOT.

We had 2 cases this play of rules analysts conscionable adding much disorder to a game.

Fox’s MLB rules analyst, Mark Carlson, went connected TV during Game 7 and fundamentally said Shohei Ohtani is allowed to do immoderate he wants.

On Sunday, CBS’s Gene Steratore said an intentional grounding telephone against Patrick Mahomes would beryllium reviewed and overturned. The telephone not was not reviewed, nor overturned.

4. I was bummed to perceive astir nan passing of erstwhile NBC NFL expert Bob Trumpy connected Sunday.

Trumpy’s sound instantly takes maine backmost to erstwhile I started to go a shot instrumentality arsenic a kid. I’m old, truthful my first memories of watching nan NFL connected TV are defined by Pat Summerall, John Madden, Dick Enberg, Merlen Olsen and Trumpy. 

5. I emotion a bully gambling story, truthful this one, from Barstool’s Jersey Jerry, warmed my bosom connected Sunday.

A four-leg parlay featuring J.J. McCarthy, Daniel Jones, Caleb Williams and Trevor Lawrence to people touchdowns deed precocious successful nan time connected Sunday erstwhile Lawrence scrambled for an 8-yard score. The $200 wager paid retired much than $95,000.

The guidance was truthful pure. This is why we bet.

6. The latest SI Media With Jimmy Traina features a speech with The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis.

The big of The Press Box podcast weighs successful connected each nan latest sports media news. Topics discussed include: ESPN’s sum of nan Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups gambling scandals; Inside nan NBA’s debut connected ESPN; NBC’s usage of Michael Jordan as a “special contributor”; Joe Davis’s capacity calling nan World Series, Stephen A. Smith continuing to spell aft LeBron James; ESPN’s monolithic triumph pinch SEC football; USC football’s deficiency of nationalist appeal; Scott Van Pelt perchance moving from midnight to 5 p.m. and overmuch more.

Following Curtis, Sal Licata from WFAN power and SNY TV successful New York joins maine for our play “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week, we talk Netflix’s caller documentary connected nan Montreal Expos, my triumph complete Sal successful our assemblage shot betting pool, this week’s monster Chiefs-Bills game, a day statement scam, Halloween and more. You tin perceive to theSI Media With Jimmy Trainapodcast beneath aliases onAppleandSpotify.

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7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Happy 72nd day to Dennis Miller. His tally connected Monday Night Football is decidedly 1 of those things that I wished happened successful nan Twitter Era.

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