Al Michaels defends approach to calling games amid online criticism: 'I don't scream the game at you'

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Al Michaels first began broadcasting games in 1967 and has provided the soundtrack to some of the biggest moments in sports history.

The NFL and Amazon announced in March 2022 that Michaels would be the full-time play-by-play announcer for "Thursday Night Football" alongside Kirk Herbstreit.

The 79-year-old was asked about some of the criticism he has received online about not getting excited enough on some of his recent broadcasts during a recent appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show."

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"Thursday Night Football" Amazon Prime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels during a game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New Orleans Saints at SoFi Stadium.  (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

"I don’t scream the game at you. I don’t holler the game at you," Michaels said. 

"People go back, and they say, ‘Oh Pat Summerall was one of the greatest of all time,’ and he was, remember how Pat did the game? ‘Second and five. Gain of three.’ Right? He didn’t blow you out. You have to save it for the moments, and I think when you look at Joe Buck, you look at Jim Nantz and myself, we did 17 of the last 18 Super Bowls. We don’t scream the game at you. We don’t holler the game at you.

"But there’s a whole bunch of people around the country. Look, it’s a very diverse country with 330 million people, and there are some people who want you to go, ‘Oh! It’s 4-2 in the basketball game! Woah!’ If it’s 4-2, where do you go when it’s 102-101, where do you go? You got to leave some room. So, CeeDee Lamb scores a touchdown. What am I supposed to do? Scream