ESPN will have a new commentary trio for Monday Night Football this fall.
The Disney-owned network will have Steve Levy serve as a play-by-play announcer with former NFL players Louis Riddick and Brian Griese providing color commentary, according to USA TODAY’s Chris Bumbaca.
Levy has been with ESPN for 27 years. Riddick has been with the network since 2013 and Griese has been with ESPN since 2009.
Griese was selected by the Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL draft out of Michigan. He spent five seasons in Denver and earned a Pro Bowl nod after totaling 2,688 passing yards and 19 touchdowns against four interceptions in 2000.
Levy, Riddick and Griese will serve as ESPN’s top commentary crew so they won’t call the Broncos’ season opener against the Titans in Week 1. Denver will be playing the second game in a double-header and the showdown against Tennessee will have a separate broadcast crew.
Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, who call the top college football games for ESPN, will serve as the secondary MNF crew this season. Fowler and Herbstreit will call the Broncos-Titans game at 8:10 p.m. MT on Sept. 14.
Before Denver’s season opener, the Steelers-Giants clash will air at 5:15 p.m. MT on ESPN. Levy, Riddick and Griese will call the first game.
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