Columnist Chuck Klosterman, who's overly verbose but can be pretty funny, wrote an article in the latest Esquire rating former players who are now broadcasters and deciding which career suits them better. His write-up on Salisbury follows:

If you discount the print-media buffoons (Jay Mariotti, Skip Bayless, et al.) who go on TV with the express intent of destroying whatever credibility the newspaper industry once had, Salisbury is the least cogent, most wrongheaded voice in the sports media. He's an atrocity. Yet this broadcast lunacy has saved his gridiron legacy. Salisbury's career-passer rating was a dismal 55.1 and he never had one decent season, but in retrospect that production looks amazing. It seems impossible, but it's true: Sean Salisbury was better as a player. Which is just about the craziest sentence I've ever written.

An "atrocity"? Ouch, babe. But hey, anyone disagree with this?

No.

I disagree. I think he is as good a broadcaster as he was player.

From dictionary.com

atrocity

noun
1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
2. an act of atrocious cruelty

Pretty much sums up his contributions to the show.

And his career as a player.

you doggone right.