Customers of the CBS All Access streaming service "weren’t able to see" the first half of Sunday's Jaguars-Steelers AFC Divisional matchup "thanks to an error that prevented the game from being streamed," according to Rob Tornoe of the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. Making matters worse was the fact that CBS "remained silent on social media as fans flooded Twitter and Facebook complaining about their inability to watch the game." Some turned to mobile, where the game was "available to stream" from both Yahoo Sports and the NFL Mobile apps. Others signed up for a "free trial to CBS All Access through Amazon Prime Video, where the stream apparently worked." CBS "wasn’t able to fix the issue until about halftime" (PHILLY.com, 1/15).
TOP NOTCH: SI.com's Jimmy Traina wrote Fox' Joe Buck has "become a great announcer" and Sunday's call of Vikings-Saints was "more proof." Buck "raised his game in the fourth quarter when the Vikings and Saints kept exchanging leads and then he finished off his performance with a great call of Case Keenum's stunning game-winning 61-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs." Buck does a "solid job on the nuts-and-bolts play-by-play stuff and has brought the right level of excitement to every game and call that he makes." He has "hit his stride over the past few years and if you're being fair and being objective, he's become one of the best play-by-play men ever" (SI.com, 1/15).
