Jaworski off Monday Night Football in new ESPN role
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Jaworski off Monday Night Football in new ESPN role
Daily News staff
Former Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski has signed a five-year extension with ESPN for an expanded multiplatform NFL analyst role, but will no longer be a part of the broadcast booth for "Monday Night Football," ESPN announced.
His new role will include appearances on Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Matchup, NFL-branded specials, Mike & Mike in the Morning, Pardon the Interruption, and other platforms and shows throughout the year. The network said Jaworski will have a "greater year-round presence on ESPN" in his new role. Jaworski also will appear on SportsCenter regularly, primarily Sundays and Monday.
Monday Night Football will have a new two-person commentator team for the first time during the 2012 NFL season with Mike Tirico and analyst Jon Gruden.
“I am grateful for having the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of working on Monday Night Football the past five seasons with Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and so many other talented people behind the scenes who make the show so great, and I look forward to bringing my passion and knowledge of the game to more fans in more places than ever before on any and all football topics,” Jaworski said in a statement.
“I thank Ron for the great contributions he has made to Monday Night Football and look forward to the many ways he will enhance our studio presentation from our NFL-branded shows to SportsCenter,” said ESPN President John Skipper. “With two strong analysts in Ron and Jon, these moves will better utilize their strengths and benefit our entire NFL presentation.”
The Tirico-Gruden pairing marks just the sixth time in MNF’s 42-year history that sports television’s signature series will feature a two-person commentator team. In addition, this will be the first time in 15 years that ESPN has used a two-person lead team on its NFL game coverage. The last was Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann who called Sunday Night Football games together from 1988-1997.
Good luck in your new capacity, Jaws! Howzabout getting your Soul to another championship since they are the ONLY football team in Philly to win anything??— Panthro2011- Thank God! Jaws bites as a commentator, much as he did as a QB. The only way ESPN could have improved on this move would have been to have Randall Cunningham replace Jaws.
Comment removed.- Tirico's voice is not compelling in the least. I can't believe he's the Big Evil's flagship announcer. High-pitched and tinny makes for a terrible broadcaster.— evolutionary
- It sounds like Jaws is OK with this so I guess it doesn't bother me then. I enjoy Jaws but unless it's the Eagles rarely do I make it to the end of a MNF game with work the next morning. I like Jaws' insights and it'll be nice to see more of them. Gruden on the other hand...in true ESPN fashion his act has grown Bermanian Old in record time.— THE-KID (WI)
- It sounds like Jaws is OK with this so I guess it doesn't bother me then. I enjoy Jaws but unless it's the Eagles rarely do I make it to the end of a MNF game with work the next morning. I like Jaws' insights and it'll be nice to see more of them. Gruden on the other hand...in true ESPN fashion his act has grown Bermanian Old in record time.— THE-KID (WI)
- Jaws was great on MNF, and despite Tirico's boring lead, he let Gruden and Jaws disect the game properly. He'll be missed on MNF.— gordon7
- To be a MNF announcer you have to commit to "selling" the game, and focus on stories and unique individuals and how great they are; you also must agree to get stuck on analyzing a particular aspect of a play, rather than focus on the game itself and how that play was officiated or how it advanced one team or another's chances of winning. In all these respects, Jaws became a perfect fit for MNF, I'm sorry to say...— Mr. Magee
- This comment has been deleted.— eldiablodelsol2009
- The kook is strong in this one. — fafafooey
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- Yea and i guess is was Bush's fault Jaworski got kicked out of the booth. Why dont you give it a rest you friggin idiot. Get a life. If you are one of those occupy idiots then get a job too.
- 2 announcers is all you need in the booth. if you have two color commentators, they are always fighting for air time. This will result in a better broadcast. Gruden could not be moved into this new role, but Jaws could. This does not mean Gruden is better, but I overall like the move during MNF games.— Clt Philly Fan
- I think they should have gotten rid of the "Loud Mouth" Gruden. All he does is talk; he never shuts the heck up and what he says has no value to the telecast. This guy is in love with himself. Enough said.— oneway
- eldiablodelsol2009, What??? Every time I think I see the dumbest post of the year, someone comes with a new doozy. You, sir, are currently in the lead (heck, you've just lapped the field).— mjc1
