Was Cris Collinsworth a better announcer or receiver?

Love him or hate him Cris Collinsworth has been announcing games for a long time. He just participated in the most important game an announcer could dream of, the Super Bowl.

But it wasn’t anything new for Collinsworth, as was his fourth time announcing a Super Bowl.

It is often forgotten that Collinsworth was once a big part of the Bengals’ offense, He was drafted by the team in 1981, and had over 1,000 receiving yards in his first season. He repeated that mark three more times during his eight year career. He also ended his career with 36 touchdowns.

Those numbers seem pretty low for today’s NFL fan, but you need to remember this was before thing like illegal contact was even a thing. This…