Tag: Mark Schlereth

Fox releases broadcast team for Week 5 Bears vs Vikings

The broadcasting crew for Sunday’s game is set

After spending a week on the NFL Network, the Minnesota Vikings head back to their broadcast home on Fox to play the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon.

The game will be broadcast at noon on fox and, while they didn’t draw the top broadcast team, they did get the third team. Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink will be on the call on Sunday.

The duo of Amin and Schlereth has been working together for a few years and Pink was a part of the Thursday night football coverage for Fox.

The Vikings and Bears kick off at noon on Sunday afternoon.

DeMarcus Ware among ex-Broncos nominated for 2023 Hall of Fame class

After being snubbed last year, Broncos Super Bowl 50 champion DeMarcus Ware should be a favorite to reach the Hall of Fame this year.

After being snubbed by voters in his first year of eligibility in 2021, Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 champion DeMarcus Ware has once again been nominated as a modern-era candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Ware is among 11 former Broncos who were nominated this week, the Hall of Fame announced Tuesday. Five players who won back-to-back Super Bowls with Denver in the late 1990s headline the list: wide receiver Rod Smith, center Tom Nalen, kicker Jason Elam, guard Mark Schlereth and defensive lineman Neil Smith.

Some of those players had longer tenures with the Broncos than Ware, but he is arguably the team’s most accomplished candidate, and he’s probably the most likely to reach the Hall of Fame first.

Denver also had former linebackers Al Wilson and Seth Joyner, wide receiver Wes Welker, defensive lineman Simeon Rice and cornerback Dre’ Bly nominated for the 2023 Hall of Fame class.

Former Broncos linebacker Randy Gradishar was snubbed as a senior candidate this year, as were Mike Shanahan and the late Dan Reeves as coach candidates. Denver hasn’t gotten the love it deserves from Hall of Fame voters historically, but Ware should be a strong candidate for the 2023 class.

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Mark Schlereth hilariously trolled Jets fans with fake apology video

Mark Schlereth had time for Jets fans.

Former ESPN analyst Mark Schlereth finds himself in a precarious situation: he’s currently engaged in an online war against Jets fans.

Well, war is a strong word for the dispute that he’s in. He already won his social media spat with Jets fans. Schlereth recently went on The Pat McAfee Show and poked fun at the Jets’ recent draft history.

“Here’s the thing about the draft that fascinates me,” Schlereth said on McAfee’s show. “Is that every guy that plays quarterback is going to come fix our franchise. Like, if it didn’t work with Sam Darnold, why do you think you can put him in that same situation, or another quarterback in that same situation, and have it work this time?”

Jets fans were upset at the comments and started expressing their disdain for Schlereth on social media over the weekend. That caused Schlereth to fire back one more time on Twitter, this time with the hardware that he earned while he was a member of the Denver Broncos and Washington football franchise.

Schlereth was on three Super Bowl winning teams during his 12-year NFL career, including a Broncos team that beat the Jets in the 1998 AFC Championship game. Let’s just say that year’s Super Bowl ring was the last he showed in his Twitter video dedicated to Jets fans.

Schlereth won that round. Not much to say against that comeback.

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Mark Schlereth thinks Broncos fans should lower lofty expectations for 2020

Mark Schlereth thinks some fans are too optimistic about the Broncos’ prospects in 2020.

During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Monday, former Broncos offensive lineman Mark Schlereth offered a “dose of reality” about Denver’s prospects for the 2020 NFL season.

Schlereth praised quarterback Drew Lock but noted that the team’s inexperienced roster shouldn’t be expected to compete for a title this year.

“You have two rookie wide receivers that you’re counting on,” Schlereth told McAfee. “You’ve got a plethora of [young players] . . . you’ve got Courtland Sutton who’s the veteran there who’s only going into this third season [and] he was raw when he came out of college.

“You’ve got an offensive line that’s got issues that’s going to be anchored by a rookie center . . . all I say is, ‘Hey guys, before we put them in the Super Bowl, let’s actually let them play a little bit of football and see what they become.'”

After an excellent offseason, the Broncos have received plenty of praise from several members of the national media. Schlereth, who won two Super Bowls with Denver, thinks fans should temper their lofty expectations.

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