The announcement team for the 2022 Hall of Fame Game between Jacksonville and Las Vegas is set and it will be Cris Collinsworth (analyst) and Mike Tirico (play-by-play) in the booth calling all the action. Meanwhile, Melissa Stark, who is NBC Sports’ newest member, will be the one handling reporting duties from the sidelines.
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๐๐ก๐๐ญ: This summer's Hall of Fame Game
๐๐ก๐จ: @Raiders vs. @Jaguars๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ: The game will air on @NBCSports and be broadcast by the Sunday Night Football team of @miketirico, @CollinsworthPFF & @melissastark
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— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) April 19, 2022
This team is one that will be a bit different from what fans are used to in the past as Collinsworth normally was paired up with Al Michaels, who will now be in the booth for Amazon’s Thursday Night Football. Meanwhile, Stark will be taking over for former sideline reporter Michele Tafoya.
Collinsworth will be entering his 14th season in the NBC Sunday Night Football booth, while Tirico will be calling primetime NFL games for his 17th consecutive season. As for Stark, she brings a good amount of experience to the table, too, and was a sideline reporter for ABC’s Monday Night Football from 2000-02.
As many are aware, appearances by the Jags on NBC have been rare and it’s been 14 seasons since they appeared on Sunday Night Football. With the Hall of Fame Game taking place on a Thursday (Aug. 4), that drought hasn’t ended yet, but fans are still more than excited for the opportunity to see the Jags back on NBC.
The Jags will be playing in their second Hall of Fame game since entering the league. They also participated in the Hall of Fame game of 1995 against the Carolina Panthers. However, this one will mean a little more as the team will have its first player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in former tackle Tony Boselli.