NFL fans are calling for a ‘mute Cris Collinsworth’ button after ripping into the NBC analyst over his commentary at Super Bowl LX.
Collinsworth, who has been in broadcasting for close to 40 years, is covering Sunday’s end-of-season showpiece alongside longtime play-by-play partner Mike Tirico as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Though despite his vast experience both as a player and an analyst, the three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver didn’t take long to irk viewers in Santa Clara.
A number of fans took to social media to express their dismay with Collinsworth’s commentary, accusing him of ‘stating the obvious’ in the booth – with some even demanding a selective mute option.
One asked on X: ‘anyone know if there is a way to mute *just* cris collinsworth?’
‘Cris Collinsworth is the most annoying commentator in all of sports, and there’s not a close second. I would pay extra to be able to mute just him,’ said another.
NFL fans have ripped into NBC announcer Cris Collinsworth over his Super Bowl commentary
Collinsworth is in the booth as the Seahawks face the Patriots for the Vince Lombardi Trophy
A third wrote along with a meme of Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr rolling his eyes: ‘Me listening to Cris Collinsworth stating the obvious all. game. long’.
‘Everyone talking about needing an alternative to Bad Bunny when the real crime is that we don’t have an alternative to Cris Collinsworth,’ a fourth quipped.
A fifth asked in bemusement: ‘Bro, wtf is Cris Collinsworth talking about?’
While one simply concluded: ‘Cris Collinsworth is insufferable’.
Collinsworth has been in broadcasting since the late 1980s after ending his seven-year NFL spell with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1988.
He initially worked as a reporter for HBO’s Inside the NFL, before joining NBC in 1990 and later joining the NFL on Fox team in 1998.
The Ohio native has served as a voice on Sunday Night Football since its inception in 2006. After previously working on the NBC Sports studio show ‘Football Night in America’, he took the color commentator job in 2009 – replacing the late John Madden.
