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Fox’s Bizarre Audio Issue During Jets-Panthers Had Fans Making Jokes
The Panthers came to Metlife Stadium to do battle with the Jets on Sunday as one of several unappetizing matchups in the 1 p.m. window of games. It didn't even take a quarter for things go to terribly wrong—but not for one team or the other. Rather, things went terribly wrong for Fox Sports and the broadcast of the contest.
A few minutes into the first quarter Fox's broadcast, with Chris Myers and Mark Schlereth on the call, went silent for several moments. When it came back, the audio quality was terrible. Bizarrely so. The booth sounded like they were underwater or broadcasting over the radio.
Are you underwater or listening to the Jets-Panthers broadcast? Who's to say? pic.twitter.com/CR99av1lXN
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 19, 2025
Technical issues do happen during NFL Sundays but this was a particularly strange glitch, and impactful, too. Fans tuning in were subjected to brutal quality. It led to many jokes from those watching.
FOX 5 audio out for the Jets vs. Panthers game on TV. They just switched the audio feed, which sounds like it's from an AM radio broadcast
— Edward Herrel (@haskell420) October 19, 2025
So is the Panthers v Jets game audio being broadcast using one of these right now? pic.twitter.com/rlvyhVoHbt
— Cory Smith (@wxcory) October 19, 2025
The Commentators for the Panthers/Jets game talking on potatoes 😭😭😭
— Playoff Sports (@PlayoffSports_) October 19, 2025
Why is the audio so badpic.twitter.com/sY75tyfBN8
Watching #Jets football is hard enough. Adding in AM radio quality audio is just mean
— Matt O'Leary (@MattOLearyNY) October 19, 2025
the audio for the jets game is so bad, now it’s painful to watch and listen to them.
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) October 19, 2025
The audio on the Jets Panthers broadcast just got teleported back to 1940
— Adam (@SlightNegative) October 19, 2025
Panthers Jets audio pic.twitter.com/e8f5TFvHIS
— Pey (@crestasol) October 19, 2025
The audio of the Jets/Panthers game sounds like a radio broadcast from the 1940s…
— trey wingo (@wingoz) October 19, 2025
The Panthers-Jets audio pic.twitter.com/d4mZplzS8L
— Jeffrey Jansen’s Burner (@longsnapper44) October 19, 2025
Why does the audio on the panthers jets game sound like it’s from the Great Depression
— Quinton Bolander (@QuintonBolander) October 19, 2025
Sound like they’re calling the 1947 World Series
— Tank (@JTank007) October 19, 2025
Fox managed to get the issue fixed after a few minutes so fans weren't subjected to the odd glitch for all too long. But it was a funny moment for what may be an otherwise forgettable football game.
It will be up to Panthers QB Bryce Young and Jets signal-caller Justin Fields to prove us wrong. They should be attempting to do so under more normal broadcast conditions for the rest of the matchup.
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Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.