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That first half was hard to watch, and no I’m not just talking about the Drew Lock-led offense — save for the exactly-as-awesome-as-expected performance from Jaxon Smith-Njigba (and a highlight worthy catch from Jake Bobo!). The Seattle Seahawks had their fair share of difficulties during the first half of the preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings to be sure, but these paled in comparison to the frequent interruptions to the KING-5 broadcast. Ranging from holding on a beautiful yet static view of the exterior of Lumen field to simply displaying a blue “Technical Difficulties” screen, the broadcast left a lot to be desired.
And fans on twitter “X” shared their feelings. Unlike the Seahawks offense, KING-5 remained shaky throughout the first half, and were off-air for both touchdowns scored. Hopefully this will improve going into the second half, as the cut-outs happened at some pretty critical junctures... Teams are expected to show some rust in August; TV services don’t get this same grace.
KING5 needs to get the hamster back on the wheel.
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) August 11, 2023
Hey, @KING5Sports Pre-Season, ammirite?
— An Unofficial Voice of Reason (@DragonReborn015) August 11, 2023
We gonna have video in a redzone in this broadcast or nah?
Redzone blacked out?
Pay Per Redzone? pic.twitter.com/qEkd5VK7ly
Oh great we can’t even watch the game
— Matty F. Brown (@mattyfbrown) August 11, 2023
I somehow got pushed into the vikings broadcast and its awful, folks. they are just jerking off justin jeffereson in this interview and its just so annoying.
— rachel (@TheGaychel) August 11, 2023
@KING5Sports Great job on staying on the air, NOT.
— Dennis Reis (@TTownDennis) August 11, 2023
Vikings: 10
— ⚓️ Geoff ⚓️ (@GeoffNotJeff_12) August 11, 2023
“Technical Difficulties”: 4
Seahawks: 0 https://t.co/paafBBwf4U
@KING5Sports Get your together King 5 ♂️
— Lynn Thorvilson (@lthorvil) August 11, 2023
King5 isnt allowed to show any scoring guys
— Jeff Morrison (@Finelikewine49) August 11, 2023
Thank goodness it's only preseason because this Seahawks broadcast/feed sucks ass.
— Ⓣ︎Ⓐ︎Ⓡ︎Ⓐ︎ (@hawk_lovr) August 11, 2023
So far I've been really impressed with Technical Difficulties in this Seahawks game. I think they make the roster at this point.
— Christopher Crawford (@Crawford_MILB) August 11, 2023
KING5 televised coverage of tonight’s Seahawks pre season opener is the definition of “hot garbage” from technical difficulties, lost signal and a terrible play by play announcer.
— Chad M. Johnson (@24CMJ) August 11, 2023
Everytime Seahawks get in the redzone @king5 has technical difficulties
— blair dont care (@blairrridc) August 11, 2023
Sorry we see this again. King5 is having a cluster fuck. pic.twitter.com/KGonRPJ9Ss
— Chad Razwick (@Razwick) August 11, 2023
Hey #King5, get your shit together.
— ️ EyeoftheHawk ️⚧️ (@DHforHOF) August 11, 2023
Again???? #seahawks #king5 pic.twitter.com/p82lFRkpei
— Beth (@Bcook33) August 11, 2023
You win king5 I’m turning it off @KING5Seattle Horrible pic.twitter.com/qtUPCUVKkS
— thejayboy (@jayboy1616) August 11, 2023
King5's engineering department right now? https://t.co/WYLBJfwjcc pic.twitter.com/hbeaRhsSIA
— GL Hamilton (@silverbackg1) August 11, 2023
Get your shit together King5! pic.twitter.com/U01wIgKywi
— Kevin Hanley (@kevinchanley) August 11, 2023
How in the hell did we have the tech in the 1960s to call astronauts on the moon using a land line, but we cannot watch a football game in 2023 on the tv without “technical difficulties?” #Seahawks
— SouthPaw (@jeremiahdgilfoy) August 11, 2023
Hey @KING5Sports - this is pretty bad guys. 1st preason game and more technical difficulties than @Seahawks yards in the game.#sad @NFL
— UncommonSenz (@Uncommon_Senz) August 11, 2023
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