This is going way way way back, but does anyone remember Ray Scott? He called games in the 60's and 70's for Green Bay and CBS, among others. He had this really minimalist style that probably wouldn't work in today's broadcasting environment, for a number of reasons.

Imagine a play where Trevor throws a TD to Zay Jones. Here's how Scott would have called it.

"Lawrence...........to Jones...........Touchdown".

He basically let the play speak for itself. Now, there have been some great plays over the years where the call helped cement the play in history , and every broadcaster certainly wants to have an iconic call in their career, but it's also good sometimes for the broadcaster to just get out of the way and let the play do the talking. Of course, I'm only referring to TV broadcasts here.

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