A recent report from The Athletic revealed that ESPN will have new talent in the Monday night booth next season. Both Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland are leaving after just two seasons on “Monday Night Football” according to The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch. The duo has faced some criticism in the past, specifically, McFarland’s tendency for disjointed and confusing commentary.
Both Tessitore and McFarland will remain at ESPN, but they’ll have a new pairing of on-air talent for their “Monday Night Football” broadcasts. The shake-up begs the question, “Who will replace Tessitore and McFarland?”
ESPN could look outside of the network, but they haven’t had much success luring in their top candidates. It appears the decision-makers want to add from a pool of in-house candidates. Some of the names that have been floated as options include Steve Levy, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, Matt Hasselbeck, Brian Griese, Kurt Warner and Nate Burleson.
Others believe that ESPN will pull their top college football team, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, and reassign them with the college football season in doubt amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Really, ESPN can go any number of directions with this new booth pairing.
So Chiefs Kingdom, who do you think are among the best replacement options available for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” broadcast? Be sure to let us know your thoughts on Facebook and Twitter.