17-03-2022, 09:01 AM
That solves a massive problem for ESPN though - they’ve never quite replaced the Mike Tirico/Jon Gruden combo at MNF, and have gone through a couple of different combos since none of which have quite gelled.
There is likely more big NFL commentator news to come. Fox, will of course need a new booth to replace Buck/Aikman, although it seems an internal promotion is on the cards. But elsewhere, Tirico’s been with NBC since 2016, and it seems like only this September, six years in, will he assume the role every observer assumes he was hired for - commentator for Sunday Night Football, with Al Michaels out of contract. That begs the question of whether Michaels (probably the best NFL commentator, if not sports commentator in America full stop) will retire or move elsewhere. A move to Amazon has been touted for Michaels (with the odd possibility of doing some games for NBC as effectively #2 to his own replacement) but that seems to have stalled at the last hurdle.
There is likely more big NFL commentator news to come. Fox, will of course need a new booth to replace Buck/Aikman, although it seems an internal promotion is on the cards. But elsewhere, Tirico’s been with NBC since 2016, and it seems like only this September, six years in, will he assume the role every observer assumes he was hired for - commentator for Sunday Night Football, with Al Michaels out of contract. That begs the question of whether Michaels (probably the best NFL commentator, if not sports commentator in America full stop) will retire or move elsewhere. A move to Amazon has been touted for Michaels (with the odd possibility of doing some games for NBC as effectively #2 to his own replacement) but that seems to have stalled at the last hurdle.