Awful Announcing
Usually, NFL games come with smaller and more predictable rosters than college football, but ESPN's Chris Fowler told The Denver Post the amount of players put on or activated from reserve/COVID-19 lists this year makes the game he's calling Saturday similar to a college game on the board side.
"I could have done a better job reaching out to the other people, especially on a story as sensitive and as significant as this."
"My first thought when I saw that, or any replay, is does this add to the telecast?"
The timing on this rumor is certainly curious...
"It was a step too far and, looking back, I shouldn't have done it."
"If your guy goes down, make the call. Wouldn't it be a great story?"
Smith is expected to make appearances across ESPN's studio shows, including Monday Night Countdown.
Griffin will be calling a weekly college football game for ESPN/ABC and also will be contributing to other ESPN CFB and NFL coverage.
Wolfe covered the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans during his tenure at ESPN.
Griffin could still return to play an eighth NFL season.
ESPN's 2021 Monday Night Football booth looks to be the same as its 2020 booth.
No more late Monday game for the NFL's Week 1 schedule.
