>He had a nice long run. I certainly don't feel short changed.
>
>Colinsworth is probably a better technical analyst, but Madden will always be one of my favorite analysts.
>
>Then again, my choice in announcers is strange...I loved the ESPN combination of Mike Patrick, Paul McGuire, and Joe Theismann. They were greater than the sum of their parts. When they worked separately from each other, they were terrible....but together, they formed a great team.

I did not mean to take away from Madden at all. Some may think of him as just "Boom!" and "Pow!" but he was as insightful as anyone. When he was a fat guy coaching the Raiders, walking up and down the sideline waving his arms, who knew he would be around the game so long? I stayed with more than one dull Monday night or Sunday night game just to listen to him.