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12PF i THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2 2010 MiamiHeraldcom I THE MIAMI HERALD RONNIE LOTT 1981: Perhaps the finest safety ever and maybe even better at cornerback where he spent his first three seasons As a rookie he picked off seven passes and returned three for touchdowns helping San Francisco emerge as a Super Bowl-winnmg NFL power In the playoffs he took one of his two interceptions to the house In his 14-year career Lott came up with 63 interceptions (tied for sixth all-time) and five touchdowns on interception returns 1 ON SPORTS MEDIA OFFSEASON WORK FOR ANALYSTS en pieces of unsolic ited broadcast advice as we start another season: To ESPN's Jon Gru-den: Watch tapes of how you handled your predraft series when you visited quarterbacks and told IN MY OPINION Barn Jackson bjacksontt MiamiHerald com regional broadcast teams ESPN: In its only addition former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce was hired as an analyst on NFL Live NBC: The network dropped Tiki Barber who had been relegated to a reporter's role last season There were no other changes NFL Network: Fox's Johnston was hired as a studio analyst and Fox information man Jay Glazer will appear occasionally on the network's pregame show Both will continue to work for Fox WestwoodOne: Eager to cut down on travel Marv Albert quit his job as the radio voice of Monday Night Football Kevin Harlan will replace him alongside Boomer Esiason to the spring of 2009 when John Madden retired and Gruden joined Monday Night Football among other changes Recapping the moves in recent months: CBS: Ian Eagle moved up to CBS' No 3 team (with Dan Fouts) succeeding Dick Enberg who left to become the TV voice of the San Diego Padres Rich Gannon Eagle's former broadcast partner will be paired with Bill Macatee There are no other changes in CBS' lineup Fox: Pereira will be in the Los Angeles studios each Sunday to explain controversial or confusing calls Jim Mora Jr fired as Seahawks coach last season will join Dick Stockton and Charles Davis on one of the in recent years (including your harsh criticism of Brett Favre last season) To Fox's Brian Bil-lick: Don't hedge on criticism Billick displays an uncanny knack for predicting what plays are coming But he couches too much of criticism and needs to enroll in brevity classes with Young To Fox and ESPN: Stop those dull preg-ime prediction segments where the announcers guess which team will win without giving much if any explanation Either give us a substantive reason or don't waste our time At least the CBS analysts usually offer explanations PERSONNEL MOVES This was a quiet offseason on the NFL broadcast front in sharp contrast To Fox's Mike Per-eira: Don't hold back in your new role as a network "officiating" commentator Yes you worked with all these guys as the NFL's former director of officiating But don't be afraid to criticize a referee who blows a call To CBS' Greg Gum-bel: Pay better attention Though Dan Dierdorf remains a top-tier analyst I've come to dread hearing Gumbel because he makes such little effort to identify defenders on plays To Fox's Terry Bradshaw: You improved last year by not acting like the class clown Now keep that up You're at your best when you let the humor come naturally not forcing it and displaying the type of cutting candor we have seen more from you To Fox's Tony Sira-gusa: Stop repeating what Daryl Johnston just said And please stop saying a play is "unbelievable" More than likely it's not To ESPN's Steve Young: Stop answering every question as if you're writing a thesis Why can't the man learn brevity? To CBS' Bill Cowher: Stop prefacing most of your comments with "I'm going to tell you this right now" We sort of assume that To Fox's Tim Ryan and others who know who they are: Stop with the inside football lingo that goes over the heads of casual fans When you discuss "gap integrity" and "Tampa 2 defenses" at least half the audience doesn't know what you're talking about them clearly and candidly where they must improve Now apply that same approach to your game broadcasts If you do that and strike a better balance between praise and criticism you're good enough to join the top tier of analysts But you will never reach your potential if 90 percent of your commentary is lavish praise ESPN'S 2010 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE AFC BALTIMORE Baltimore Ravens at New York Jets San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets Tennessee Titans at 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