Music, Narration, Presentation: This is the NFL

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 8 p.m.

b'GamerDude grew up in the days before ESPN, sportsradio, and hot takes, and long before the NFL became the behemouth that it is today. When he was a kid, the only highlights he was able to see were featured on This Week In The NFL, a weekly highlight show. That once-a-week\\xa0show was put together by NFL Films, which was founded by Ed Sabol, and Ed combined presentation, music, and narration in such a way that\\xa0even the most mundane of games felt like\\xa0an epic adventure. GamerDude talks about his fandom for the Jets, and the Giants, where NFL Films came from, and how he looked forward to the highlights every week. He talks about the creation of NFL Films, the music it used in the highlight packages, and the voice of the NFL, John Facenda. For folks of a certain age, these are the sounds of the NFL.'