1. In Monday’s Traina Thoughts, I wrote the following: “Friday’s Chargers-Chiefs game was a ROUGH broadcast, to say the least.”

I didn’t elaborate because I didn’t want to come off as an old man whining about YouTube injecting a bunch of nonsense into its broadcast. I did go a little more in-depth on the YouTube trainwreck during this week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina, which will be out tomorrow (and features a great interview with Jim Nantz).

As I’ve said before, sports broadcasts are no longer about the regular fan who watches all the games. Everything now is geared toward bringing in younger viewers, fringe viewers and the casual fan. We don’t count.

I still have no idea what I watched Friday night or who I watched during YouTube’s presentation of Chargers-Chiefs, but Green Light podcast host and former Super Bowl champion Chris Long explained PERFECTLY what it felt like to watch that game if you weren’t 18 years old or younger.

“I felt immediately like somebody who was being ushered to an early grave,” Long said on his podcast. “It just felt like, ‘Hey, time to die boomer. You don’t know who Destroying is? Time to die.’

“The whole thing to me, it’s jarring and I understand what old people feel like when programming changes because I just don’t get it. I’m old. And nobody wants to be the guy s----ing on streamers. I don’t wanna s--- on young people. But I really felt it the other night. I’m not gonna throw a fit. I’m still gonna watch the game.”

The crazy thing is Long is only 40 and HE felt ancient watching YouTube’s presentation. And as I told Long on X, it only gets worse.

Luckily for Long, me and everyone else over 18, YouTube will not air another NFL game this season.

2. College football AP voter Haley Sawyer moved Florida up two spots in her ballot this week despite the Gators losing at home to South Florida on Saturday. Obviously, that’s a really bad screw up, but Sawyer made things a million times worse with a bizarre and nonsensical reply when he was asked about her vote.

Next time, own the mistake and the controversy will die down wayyyyyy faster.

3. The Spanish call of Kyle Schwarber’s 50th home run on Tuesday night was pure electricity.

4. This was good stuff from Joe Buck on the prep that goes into a broadcast.

5. The always outstanding NFL Films did its thing with this recap of the Ravens-Bills classic from Sunday night.

6. The latest episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina features an interview with The Athletic’s sports media reporter Andrew Marchand.

Topics discussed: Charles Barkley’s recent comments that he still doesn’t know what’s going on with Inside the NBA on ESPN; Fox and ESPN’s over-the-top college football coverage in Week 1; Lee Corso’s perfect ending; why ESPN dropped Doris Burke and added Tim Legler to its lead NBA crew; Major League Baseball’s television future; ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer product; Ryen Russillo leaving The Ringer and much more.

Following Marchand, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins me for our weekly “Traina Thoughts” segment. This week, we go through some NFL win total over/unders for the 2025 season, look at Week 1 betting lines and discuss NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube.

You can listen to the SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast below or on Apple and Spotify.

7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: On the episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina that drops tomorrow with Jim Nantz, Nantz talks about this year being his 40th at CBS. He started as a college football studio host back in 1985. Here’s how that looked.

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on X and Instagram.


This article was originally published on www.si.com as This Was The Perfection Summation of YouTube’s Terrible Chargers-Chiefs Broadcast.