Sterling Sharpe Needs to Talk More if He Wants to Be a Play-by-Play Announcer

Former Packers wide receiver Sterling Sharpe does good work as an NFL analyst on TV. He has a simple, straightforward approach that works well, and he talks from the perspective of an ex-player while making things easy for fans to understand.

But Sharpe had his debut as a play-by-play man on NFL Network Monday night, and Awful Announcing gets it exactly right: Sharpe needs to talk more. Take a look and a listen:

A play-by-play announcer can't just sit there and say nothing while a play is going on. Viewers who want that can just hit their mute buttons. If Sharpe wants to be a color commentator or studio analyst, he's already got the necessary skills. But if he wants to be a play-by-play man, he's got a lot of work to do.