Why Wes Durham Rules

by Adam Schultz on Nov 26, 2008 8:19 PM EST

Wes Durham is, of course, our official radio play-by-play man. He is also awesome. I've listened to a lot of games and heard a lot of the NFL's radio men but frankly, Wes is the only one that really draws me into the game. He just has so much emotion and connection to the team he's covering. Other NFL radio men sound so disinterested, so unemotional. Wes really roots for the Falcons and you can feel it. Call me silly but I've compiled some transcript evidence to show you just how exciting it is to listen to him. The next time Fox has Billick or Aikman doing a Falcons game, mute the TV and tune to Dave FM or one of the many Falcon radio affiliates and hear the best radio man in the NFL.

ATL vs CHI - October 13th 2008

"Down the seam, Douglas THERE AND HE CAUGHT IT!"

"Did he get in? He DID NOT! Atlanta hit him and he left his feet!"

"DRIVE HOME SAFELY! Atlanta WINS! In dramatic fashion, and Atlanta has pulled victory from the jaws of defeat."

ATL vs NO - November 6th 2008

"Brees taking the deep shot, looking all the way down the field -INTERCEPTED! ERIC COLEMAN AGAIN!"

"Ryan in the gun here with three receivers. Snap to him. Play action again. He'll loop it out in the flat. Here's Norwood. 40, 1st down, 45, 50 -HIGH STEP HE'S GONE! 20, 15, 10, 5, STRIKE UP THE BAND! Touchdown Jerious Norwood! 67 yards!"

"Off the formation to the right. Brees to throw off the gun. Turns, looks, down the seam INTERCEPTED CHRIS HOUSTON! He'll touch a knee!"

"Brees to throw, steps up, INTERCEPTED! Chevis Jackson has NOBODY around him. 10, 5, 96 yards and a touchdown!"

ATL vs CAR - November 23rd 2008

"1st and goal, give is Turner, left SIDE TOUCHDOWN ATLANTA!"

"Ryan's gonna throw. That ball's caught! DOUGLAS SPINNING AWAY! 50, HD 40, 35 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, taken out of bounds at the Panther 5 and a half."

"Douglas has eyes on the endzone. Here's Baker. One step, gets it outta there and it's a good one. HD drops back. Douglas will play at the 42. Harry needs a wall. Tucks it back up the field. 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, TOUCHDOWN ATLANTA!"

"4th down give, this is Turner, cutting back, 1st down... MICHAEL TURNER TOUCHDOWN!"

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Wes rocks

He started in Atlanta doing Georgia Tech games in the mid ‘90s, apparently he likes it here! Agree that he’s an outstanding play by play man, very informative to the audience.

The last play by play guy we had of his calibre was Bob Neal, who last did Falcons games in 1997. Cheers!

by tom slick on Nov 26, 2008 9:17 PM EST reply actions

Missing link

Right before the “Here’s Baker. One step…” call there was “Douglas has eyes on the endzone.”

We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

by iRonin on Nov 27, 2008 8:31 AM EST reply actions

Fix0red

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Nov 27, 2008 11:37 AM EST up reply actions

reading that transcript...

…brought back very found memories! thank you!

go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Nov 27, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply actions

You're welcome.

It’s a shame you can’t hear Wes across the pond. Well, technically you could if you join NFL.com’s FieldPass. How do you catch the games out there anyway? NFL.com tracker?

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Nov 27, 2008 10:29 PM EST up reply actions

i do naughty things

the internet is a wonderful thing and if the game sells out, i get to watch, and i think i hear the wonderful Wes as i recognize every transcript.

Also the NFL.com highlights use local radio and im sure thats our friend Wes also.

go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Nov 27, 2008 10:31 PM EST reply actions

Indeed.

It is Wes on the highlight videos on NFL.com. And as for the naughty stream watching, keep at it. Do what you must, my friend. I’m sure the NFL is working on a branch of the Network for you guys. They already plan to keep playing in London so it’s only a matter of time.

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Nov 27, 2008 10:36 PM EST up reply actions

To Be Fair.

We get a lot of games, they are arranged by the NFL but we get two 1pm games, two 4pm games, two 8pm games on a sunday, we get MNF and TNF through SKY satellite so we cant really complain. Its just sucks that its $45 a month and your team are only shown about twice a season.

But through the net i can watch every game as long as it is on local TV and not on black out.

go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Nov 27, 2008 10:41 PM EST reply actions

FieldPass

may be a good alternative to that fee. I’m not quite sure how the pound is going against the dollar but it’s a pretty steady 2:1 ratio every time I order stuff from the Red Dwarf website. You could get FieldPass for about 20 bucks a season. Granted, it ain’t TV but it’s local radio announcing.

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Nov 27, 2008 10:48 PM EST reply actions

Not Anymore

Getting closer and closer to 1:1 in the current climate, which is very bad for us buying NFL stuff!

You can get GamePass which is the same but with video. If you watch every game it works out about $2.50 per match.

We split the SKY between all our housemates and because they want it I’d have SKY even if i didn’t watch the NFL so its really a bonus but as i said i watch online a lot anyways.

go hard or go home

by TO falcon on Nov 27, 2008 11:08 PM EST reply actions