Here’s a look at the announcing assignments for Week 4 of the NFL season, with some discussion of a featured game in each slot based on broadcasters, matchups, or both. All times are Eastern.
Thursday, Sept. 26
Featured/only game: Dallas at NY Giants
Prime Video 8:15 p.m.
Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit, Kaylee Hartung
Spanish: Miguel Gurwitz, Rolando Cantú
Westwood One Radio: Ian Eagle, Phil Simms
There are plenty of stakes here in this clash of 1-2 NFC East rivals. Both of these teams are not off to the start they’d want. But the Giants are coming in off a better week following a 21-15 road win against the Cleveland Browns (also the only team the Cowboys have beat this year), while Dallas just fell 28-25 at home to the Baltimore Ravens. This should be an interesting quarterback duel between just-paid Dak Prescott and Daniel Jones, with both often criticized by their fanbases.
Sunday, Sept. 29, early games
New Orleans at Atlanta
Fox 1 p.m.
Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma, Megan Olivi
Cincinnati at Carolina
Fox 1 p.m.
Kevin Kugler, Daryl Johnston, Laura Okmin
LA Rams at Chicago
Fox 1 p.m.
Adam Amin, Mark Sanchez, Kristina Pink
Minnesota at Green Bay
CBS/Paramount+ 1 p.m.
Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins
Jacksonville at Houston
CBS/Paramount+ 1 p.m.
Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Jason McCourty, AJ Ross
Sports USA Radio: John Ahlers, Brandon Noble
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis
CBS/Paramount+ 1 p.m.
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta, Aditi Kinkhabwala
Denver at NY Jets
CBS/Paramount+ 1 p.m.
Ian Eagle, Charles Davis, Evan Washburn
Compass Media Radio: Chris Carrino, Brian Baldinger
Featured game: Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
Fox 1 p.m.
Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi
ESPN Radio: Steve Levy, Sal Paolantonio
Brady gets his first Fox assignment not involving the Cowboys, and it should be an interesting one. Both teams are 2-1, and they matched up last postseason in the divisional round, with the Buccaneers wiping out the Eagles 32-9. The Eagles are also coming off a couple of interesting weeks, with a late Monday Night Football loss against the Atlanta Falcons followed by a low-scoring late comeback road win over the New Orleans Saints. We’ll see how they play here, and how Brady and co. call it.
Sunday, Sept. 29, afternoon games
Washington at Arizona
Fox 4:05 p.m.
Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth, Jen Hale
New England at San Francisco
Fox 4:05 p.m.
Joe Davis, Greg Olsen, Pam Oliver
ESPN Radio: Marc Kestecher, Kelly Stouffer
Featured game: Kansas City at LA Chargers
CBS/Paramount+ 4:25 p.m.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson
Sports USA Radio: Larry Kahn, Alex Mack
This sets up as an excellent clash, and one going to much of the country. The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are 3-0, while the Chargers are 2-1, and looking to rebound after a 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. Despite the unblemished record, the Chiefs have had close calls, including a five-point win over the Falcons last week and a one-point victory over the Cincinnati Bengals the week before. How will they do against Justin Herbert (who has his own questions after being limited in practice) and the Chargers’ offense?
Cleveland at Las Vegas
CBS/Paramount+ 4:25 p.m.
Beth Mowins, Jay Feely, Ross Tucker, Tiffany Blackmon
Compass Media Radio: Bill Rosinski, Merril Hoge
Sunday, Sept. 29, Sunday Night Football
Featured/only game: Buffalo at Baltimore
NBC/Universo/Peacock 8:20 p.m.
Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark
Universo: Miguel Gurwitz, Rolando Cantú, Ariana Figuera
Westwood One Radio: Ryan Radtke, Mike Golic
The Ravens are 1-2 on the year, but enter this one on a good note, coming in after that aforementioned 28-25 road win over the Cowboys last week. The Bills are a perfect 3-0 to date. But can Josh Allen keep his year-to-date success going against a tough Baltimore defense?
Monday, September 30, Monday Night Football
Tennessee at Miami
ESPN/ESPN Deportes 7:30 p.m.
Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Reddick, Laura Rutledge
ESPN Deportes: Rebeca Landa, Sebastián Martinez-Christensen, MJ Acosta-Ruiz
Westwood One: JP Shadrick, Ross Tucker
Featured game: Seattle at Detroit
ABC/ESPN+ 8:15 p.m.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters
Westwood One Radio: Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner
It’s another week of split ESPN and ABC MNF games, and this one again looks good for ABC. They get the 3-0 Seahawks against the 2-1 Lions. The key question here may be if Seattle QB Geno Smith can keep the Seahawks rolling. His year-to-date stats (787 yards and three touchdowns against three interceptions) aren’t overwhelming, but he has been efficient with a 74.8 percent completion rate. We’ll see what he can do here.
H/T Sammy for the listings!
