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Monday Night Football Announcers (official thread)

Who are (or were) your favorite Monday Night Football announcers?

  • 1970: Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 1971-'73 & 1977-'78: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • 1974: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Alex Karras, Fred Williamson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1975-'76: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Alex Karras

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1979-'82: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, Fran Tarkenton

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 1983: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, O.J. Simpson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1984: Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, O.J. Simpson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1985: Frank Gifford, O.J. Simpson, Joe Namath

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1986: Al Michaels, Frank Gifford

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1987-'93: Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • 1994-'97: Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, Dan Dierdorf, Lynn Swann

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 1998: Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf, Boomer Esiason, Lesley Visser

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1999: Al Michaels, Boomer Esiason, Lesley Visser

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 2000-'01: Al Michaels, Dan Fouts, Dennis Miller, Eric Dickerson, Melissa Stark

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2002: Al Michaels, John Madden, Melissa Stark

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • 2003: Al Michaels, John Madden, Lisa Guerrero

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 2004: Al Michaels, John Madden, Michelle Tafoya

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • 2005: Al Michaels, John Madden, Michelle Tafoya, Sam Ryan

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2006: Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    15
  • Poll closed .
I also got this, by process of elimination. I could not vote for Cosell, Gifford, Dierdorf, Fouts or Theismann.
Dierdorf and Fouts are absolutely obnoxious. Fouts fucking despises the Bengals (for obvious reasons), and doesn’t do much to hide it when he’s calling their games.

I miss Madden and Michaels. So many people hated Madden because he would break down every detail of a play, but I loved it.
 
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There is another thread where the majority doesn't like the ESPN team of Monday Night Football announcers. OK, who are (or were) your favorite team of Monday Night Football announcers?

I'll go with Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith.



These guys are the "gold standard" of MNF announcers and were "light years" better than Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland......:nod:
 
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Report: Booger McFarland, Joe Tessitore Won't Return to 'Monday Night Football'

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Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland will reportedly not return as the announce team for NFL Monday Night Football on ESPN in 2020.

According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, Tessitore and McFarland will still have "prominent roles" at ESPN and their replacements will be found internally.

Tessitore was the MNF play-by-play announcer in both 2018 and 2019, while McFarland was a sideline analyst in 2018 before joining the booth in 2019. They replaced Sean McDonough and Jon Gruden, respectively, the latter of whom left MNF to become head coach of the Raiders following the 2017 season.

Jason Witten was the primary MNF football analyst in 2018 alongside Tessitore with McFarland on the sideline, but when Witten returned to play for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019, ESPN moved forward with Tessitore and McFarland as a duo.

The MNF football announce team has faced criticism since Gruden's departure, and the removal of Tessitore and McFarland comes as little surprise since ESPN was known to be exploring an upgrade.

Entire article: https://bleacherreport.com/articles...essitore-wont-return-to-monday-night-football
 
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