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Jason Witten says NFL roughing-the-passer calls going ‘a little bit to the left wing’
I knew they wanted to make it about the health and safety, and protecting these quarterbacks. But it just seems like we went a little bit to the left wing on that, you know?”
Jon Gruden’s mind must be stuck in the broadcast booth because he continues to offer bizarre quotes about Khalil Mack
Gruden's trade of Khalil Mack and subsequent complaints about a lack of a pass rush are too perfect.
ESPN admits dropping the ball by not showing Brian Urlacher’s halftime ceremony
There was plenty of time for a music video from Cheat Codes, though.
Is Greg Olsen’s injury a warning sign for older players thinking about a career in television?
Jason Witten left the NFL for TV, while Olsen pondered it, but then chose to keep playing. Now, he's been hurt.
Jason Witten underwhelms in an overall dry Monday Night Football broadcast
ESPN’s new Monday Night Football scorebug now includes down and distance arrow, uses a larger score font
Most notably, the down and distance arrow is now in the scorebug instead of on the field.
President Trump rips ESPN’s ‘terrible’ decision to not televise national anthem during Monday Night Football
"It was just announced by ESPN that rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful beautiful beautiful national anthem, and defending our flag, they've decided they they just won't broadcast when they play the national anthem. We don't like that."
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro emphasizes “strengthening relationship with NFL,” “long-term partnership,” a big shift for the company
Pitaro said there is "definitely positive momentum" in the ESPN-NFL partnership, and he wants to remain partners beyond the Monday Night Football deal's 2021 expiration.
“That’s a total jazz riff, bro”: from Descartes through Bourdain, tequila and DeNiro, Joe Tessitore brings a unique MNF approach
Tessitore places himself with "jazz riffers" like Brent Musburger and Gus Johnson, not "classically-trained violinists" like Jim Nantz, Al Michaels and Joe Buck.
ESPN is putting Booger McFarland on a crane for Monday Night Football
ESPN is attempting some different things with their three-man booth.
Kurt Warner set to replace Boomer Esiason on Westwood One’s Monday Night Football radio package
Warner had previously served as the fill-in analyst for these Westwood One games, so this will hopefully be a smooth transition.
Jason Witten calls Twitter “locker room poison,” while Dez Bryant uses it to respond to critics, bash Cowboys’ “garbage-ass play calling”
Witten doesn't like the idea of players using Twitter to criticize teams, something Bryant did Friday.
ESPN will kick off Monday Night Football with Beth Mowins, Brian Griese and Laura Rutledge calling the early Week 1 game
Mowins, Griese and Rutledge will call Jets-Lions, with the new top team of Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten, Booger McFarland and Lisa Salters calling the late Rams-Raiders game.
Boomer Esiason leaves Westwood One MNF coverage after 18 years: “I kind of have to get part of my life back.”
Esiason would often host a morning show Monday, fly to the MNF location, then fly back overnight and do another morning radio show at 6 a.m. Eastern.
