If you’re watching tonight’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Dallas Cowboys game, you found something worse than the lack of a Cris Collinsworth slide.
Listening to Collinsworth for Sunday night’s game, he sounded terrible. He had a raspy voice that he sounded like he smoked a bunch of cigarettes before the game. Supposedly, toward the beginning of the game, Mike Tirico gave Collinsworth an opportunity to explain his voice and Collinsworth said, “I feel great.”
Cris Collinsworth on his voice: "I feel great."
Mike Tirico: "You feel fine, it's just… two games, three days, red-eyes, a bunch of travel… my man's playing hurt!" pic.twitter.com/rdCiPGzurC
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 12, 2022
Despite that, many people aren’t convinced. It’s one thing to be sick but Collinsworth sounds like his not only sick, but getting over the remnants of working a Thursday night game. It remains to be seen if Collinsworth will be able to close this game out but he’ll certainly be toughing this out all night.
NBC Sports’ Cris Collinsworth is definitely playing hurt tonight. Voice is strained, doesn’t have the same energy. But he’s gutting out the telecast.
— Michael McCarthy (@MMcCarthyREV) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth showing up to call Sunday Night Football pic.twitter.com/izp78SbCoa
— Pickswise (@Pickswise) September 12, 2022
Collinsworth and Tirico right now pic.twitter.com/9TwGB8SPnY
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) September 12, 2022
"I'm not sick." – Cris Collinsworth
Us: pic.twitter.com/XBcIfN7NgD
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) September 12, 2022
This how Collinsworth feeling pic.twitter.com/nr0yXAQi5j
— Declan Nice (@CrsMully) September 12, 2022
Get Cris Collinsworth some hot tea with honey and lemon 🫖
— Ian Casselberry (@iancass) September 12, 2022
Can someone get Cris Collinsworth a lozenge or something?
— The Let It Ride Podcast (@TheLetitRidePod) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth sounds like he's dying in real time.
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) September 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/bostonplswin/status/1569120605382770689?s=20&t=ZT3Fb0dJgjhv1CSce9OFQA
Man Cris Collinsworth sounds horrible. What did he announce last
— code toke (@ToKeNasty) September 12, 2022
Chris Collinsworth before the game pic.twitter.com/2Ibik32qlS
— Draft Day Preppers (@draftpreppers) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth sounds like a man who's been poisoned by a would-be usurper son
— Pete Smith (@_PeteSmith_) September 12, 2022
I fully support Cris Collinsworth’s decision to take up smoking this off-season.
— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth just smoked a pack of reds before entering the booth
— Jay Ajayi Stan Account (@ajayi_stan) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth smoked nothing less than 6 packs of cigarettes last night
— B.W. Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) September 12, 2022
I’m so glad we get to listen to the broken harmonica that is Cris Collinsworth tonight
— Slish Valez (@jimba555) September 12, 2022
Cris Collinsworth sounds awful.
Bold prediction: NBC is going to have to go to the bullpen tonight.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) September 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/SPlNANCH/status/1569120632813518848?s=20&t=ZT3Fb0dJgjhv1CSce9OFQA
Did Cris Collinsworth smoke five packs of cigarettes before this broadcast?
— Aaron Korolnek (@Aaron_Korolnek) September 12, 2022
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